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Lars Rasmussen
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A while ago there was a thread named "on your workbench" and I promised to show off one of teh guitars then. So, a few weeks ago I strung this little lady up.

It's braz/italian, 15", 25.4" scale. The braz was a bargain on an old furniture factory, I bought a few planks (not very wide) and hope to get back there soon... It sounds deep, well pronounced, and fairly loud as well.












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Don Williams
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Looks great Lars! Congrats...

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   Wow, now there is some Brazilian worth getting excited about. Great wood and great workmanship - beautiful guitar.

                  Peace, Paul
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Dave White
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Lars,

That is fabulous My kind of guitar - curvy, elegant and letting the gorgeous wood do all of the talking. Great artistry there and I bet it sounds great too.

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Colin S
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Superb! What Dave said.

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Super Duper! Man, what an elegant guitar! You should be well-pleased!

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Man I love how you used the back and endgraft to reference each other. That's class. Beautiful guitar.

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Very elegant and stylish, beautiful work Lars.

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Lars Rasmussen
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Thanks guys! Here is the link to that previous thread.

http://www.luthiersforum.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5478& KW=Lars+Rasmussen#forumTop
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Nice, nice. Simple and elegant.

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Beautiful work, Lars. Your sense of design (and your workmanship) is outstanding!
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Lars very beautiful, and oh so clean


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Alain Desforges
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Superb guitar Lars... I love your bride design as well.

The face looks like a Koala Bear to me!

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Dave Anderson
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Congrats on a very beautiful guitar Lars. One of the nicest I have seen here!

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ahh this was the nice brazilian you refused to give me the 411 on....

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Serge Poirier
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Very very Nice guitar Lars, i love the idea of a 3 piece back and the way you made your end graft also, great workmanship!


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Outstanding Lars!!

I like the triple back.
What's the little chingadera on the fret board, I can't quite make it out!


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Lars,

That BRW is spectacular! Was it difficult to get the three piece back symmetrical? Love it!!

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What everyone else said: Outstanding WOrk
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Hmmmmm.....Braziiiiiiilian!       Nice...
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Thanks everyone for the kind words! I'm really flattered That means I'm on the right track i guess..?

John: Hehe... Well I have another set just like this, and hope to get some nice ones out of the other planks. plus several bridges, a couple of fingerboards, headstockveneers, bridgeplates etc.. from now on I'll try to get as much of my wood as possible from planks, its a really satisfying job to resaw, and it saves a lot of money in a tight budget too...

Billy: The little thingy on the fingerboard is a R for my last name, just a standard font from Andy dePaule. I attached some pics. When I get the time and inspiration I'll probably design my own, but its kindof tricky to get it right.

Pete: No it wasnt much harder to get that back symmetrical than a regular back, I just worked around a centerline as usual.It was a lot of work with the mitres though...









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