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Post by ocarolan on Jul 3, 2018 16:06:56 GMT
Wow! Never has my appetite been so whetted!
Keith
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Post by fatfingerjohn on Jul 3, 2018 16:52:31 GMT
Wow and double wow. Its really a pity to put strings on it!
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Post by earthbalm on Jul 3, 2018 17:53:46 GMT
Oh my. That looks absolutely wonderful. Very nice work indeed. |
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Post by Martin on Jul 3, 2018 19:30:00 GMT
What a combination of woods and a beautiful build! A real work of art, Colin. Thank you once again for such an incredible gesture  |
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Post by francis on Jul 4, 2018 8:31:52 GMT
Superb is all I can think at the moment. Absolutely superb |
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Post by brianr2 on Jul 4, 2018 13:48:58 GMT
Appetite whetted to the point of drooling...
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Post by colins on Jul 4, 2018 14:04:51 GMT
Not a major development, but the Hiscox Pro case has arrived.  Thanks for your kind comments everyone, it's a real privilege to be given the chance to work with such great wood, I'll be eternally grateful to lavaman for his generocity. Colin |
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Post by robmc on Jul 4, 2018 15:56:35 GMT
wow, it's incredibly beautiful Colin! (and how are the coasters coming along?)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2018 16:38:56 GMT
Oh wow!!!!! How does one try and win this? I’m surely due a bit of luck!
Robbie
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Post by francis on Jul 4, 2018 17:02:54 GMT
Oh dear it does quite fit the case - you'll just have to make another - I'll take that one off your hands !  |
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Post by colins on Jul 4, 2018 23:29:02 GMT
Oh wow!!!!! How does one try and win this? I’m surely due a bit of luck! Robbie If you're at HB9 in glorious Halifax, then you could be taking it home, matching coasters as well. If you are not there...…..sorry. |
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Post by colins on Jul 4, 2018 23:31:19 GMT
Oh dear it does quite fit the case - you'll just have to make another - I'll take that one off your hands ! Sorry Francis, it's a perfect fit for the case. Guitar design 101, don't make a guitar that there isn't a Hiscox case to fit. Colin |
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Post by littlemart on Jul 5, 2018 21:44:08 GMT
STOP POSTING ALL THESE GORGEOUS PICTURES. I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!  No, on second thoughts MORE PICTURES! |
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Post by colins on Aug 3, 2018 13:44:51 GMT
A little hiatus in the build while life got in the way, but back in the workshop today to make the last wood bit for the guitar. Now the more observant of you will have noticed that the guitar, as of yet, has no bridge, normally a prerequisite for the playing of a guitar. Now I have heard a lot of you play, so maybe leaving the bridge off would be a good move. The artisan in me however will not allow a non-functioning instrument to leave the shop, so today I made the bridge. First step is to cut some Brazilian Rosewood (from an old sideboard) to size and double tape it to my highly complex jig, a board with an angled line draw on it, and using, my home made router table cut the saddle slot, I also drilled the pin holes using the drill press.  The back of the bridge is radiused to 25' on my domed sanding block (it will be refined on the actual top later). The rear profile is cut on the band saw, then I have at it with my Japanese saw file to rough out the shape then finalise it on the spindle sander in the drill press. Finally, for now, the pin holes are reamed to 5deg and the holes countersunk.   Colin |
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Post by Martin on Aug 3, 2018 13:49:25 GMT
Colin, I just can’t stand it any longer, can I just win this now and we can all move on? Really lovely work  (Thank goodness you haven’t heard ME play.....) |
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Jo whoever he is.
