I really like that one. Asymmetrical yet still book matched. Of the two, I prefer that one for some reason.
Good tip about what side to be taking down when thicknessing. I hadn't thought that the pattern would change so quickly through the board
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- Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:11 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Sassafras Dread
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- Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:48 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Sassafras Dread
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- Views: 9740
- Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:42 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Tiger Myrtle back
- Replies: 31
- Views: 26571
- Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:37 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Allied Luthiers Truss Rod Group Buy
- Replies: 38
- Views: 31220
- Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:29 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Repair Advice please
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Hey, you gotta take heart that your repair is still together. :D I get Stew Mac's newsletter every week or so and one showed doing just such a repair with Hide glue. Dan used thin hide glue to penetrate the very tightest part of the crack and then full strength glue where he could get it in. This wa...
- Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:23 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Allied Luthiers Truss Rod Group Buy
- Replies: 38
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Todd at Allied has contacted me and said that they will be out of the office for about a week, so if I can get the order in by Sunday, they will do their best to get it in the mail on Monday, otherwise it'll be the following Tuesday. So the closing time for getting in on the group buy is Sunday afte...
- Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:59 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Allied Luthiers Truss Rod Group Buy
- Replies: 38
- Views: 31220
- Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:42 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Native Olive Dread
- Replies: 40
- Views: 31795
- Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:06 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Allied Luthiers Truss Rod Group Buy
- Replies: 38
- Views: 31220
- Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:52 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Red Spruce Group Buy
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- Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:39 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Allied Luthiers Truss Rod Group Buy
- Replies: 38
- Views: 31220
I've contacted Allied Luthiers and they will extend a further discount to us on our group buy's of 60+ rods. They will give us give us their best price of $10/rod. Any combination, mix and match. Right now the tally seems to be 59-60 rods, but I might get a few classical size as well. I'll give this...
- Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:54 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: New toy in the shed
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8639
That's great Bob. Makes all the difference getting nice tools to work with. If my 2 bay garage wasn't limiting my TAS, I'd have one of those too. And a whole bunch more. I don't know if my wife would talk to me for a while though. I did pick up the ETS Festool 125 sander over the holidays. I've had ...
- Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:43 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Final Set-up Classical Guitar
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12188
That's a great looking guitar. When I see most Classical guitars, they have kept so much to the traditional look, that they get a little...well boring for my taste. For me the headstock really sets this one apart. Good onya for trying different woods too. If you don't try them, how will you ever kno...
- Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:58 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Allied Luthiers Truss Rod Group Buy
- Replies: 38
- Views: 31220
- Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:46 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: What I did this weekend.
- Replies: 33
- Views: 28772
Here's some more pictures to show the state of the build. I've pore filled with epoxy after the pictures were taken, and the colors of the wood really pop now. http://www.mcguitars.com.au/phpBB2/userpix/31_100_1928_1.jpg And just to show our northern friends what a tiny bit of the tropics looks like...
- Wed Jan 09, 2008 7:12 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Allied Luthiers Truss Rod Group Buy
- Replies: 38
- Views: 31220
Allied Luthiers Truss Rod Group Buy
After the rave reviews about the Allied Luthier truss rods, I'm putting together a order. I'm looking at expressions of interest in a group buy, so that we can defray the shipping costs. I suppose if there is something else that Allied has that you have a burning desire to get, we can work on that a...
- Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:01 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Tiger Myrtle back
- Replies: 31
- Views: 26571
- Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:31 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Some different guitar playing
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3828
- Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:35 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: I finally lost my cherry :-)
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- Views: 13587
- Sun Jan 06, 2008 6:45 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Should we inlet the X-Braces?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 31613
Yes, Berry shellacs the inside of his guitars. I get wood from him fairly regularly, and he's told me he does this to help with wide RH swings. This is the first time I've heard about hide glue being effected by high RH. I was more concerned with wood moving about with changes in the RH. It would be...
- Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:35 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Anyone seen this before?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6282
- Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:10 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Should we inlet the X-Braces?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 31613
Great reading here. As most everything in a guitar is hygroscopic, then shellac is more of a method to slow down moisture getting at the hide glue, at least that is what I'm getting from this discussion. So does an instrument living in the wet tropics probably needs a couple coats of shellac on the ...
- Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:30 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Should we inlet the X-Braces?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 31613
- Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:25 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Should we inlet the X-Braces?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 31613
Should we inlet the X-Braces?
I thought I should start a new thread for this as it's really interesting and has some great points of view on differing construction philosophy. These quotes were taken from comments about my current construction of 2 identically built guitars except for the species of top wood. You can view the or...
- Sat Jan 05, 2008 6:33 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: One for Hesh
- Replies: 24
- Views: 18991
i made the mistake of making a similar comment about putting 9-11 in perspective like this video did a few weeks after it happened. I learned real quick to keep my opinions to myself. It never ceases to amaze me the power of propaganda and how easy it is to lead sheep. How much better off would the ...