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3 hours ago, ADFinlayson said:

Another stunner. Where are you selling these? They're obviously extremely desirable. Do you make them to order, sell them in shops? What's your setup?

Thanks!
I sell exclusively online. Mainly through my facebook business page. I build to order as well as make stock builds and offer them for sale later. Nothing local.

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23 hours ago, ScottR said:

Another killer, K!

I had not considered claro walnut for a neck before. What a sweet unique look.

Carry on, we love seeing what comes out of your shop.

SR

It feels pretty good as a neck wood. Caves nicely. Feels a little soft, but held up just fine for the 7 string.

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Been doing mostly finish work lately. Cant wait to get back to the woodworking side of things !

Made this guitar 7 years ago. It was initially green. The buyer sent it back to me last week to be repainted purple. Great to see this one held up amazing and is in excellent condition!

I cleaned it up and sprayed it with house of kolor purple mixed with voodoo violet.

 

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I had to look twice! At first I thought you have put lights inside it and wondered what kind of a bug that is between the two lights -  to me it looked like a water strider, the lamps being where its feet make a gap in the water! And it even looked like viewing the bug from underwater. Talking about shiny there...

 

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On 2/21/2020 at 12:47 PM, Bizman62 said:

I had to look twice! At first I thought you have put lights inside it and wondered what kind of a bug that is between the two lights -  to me it looked like a water strider, the lamps being where its feet make a gap in the water! And it even looked like viewing the bug from underwater. Talking about shiny there...

 

Haha, i ca  nt not see that now that you mentioned it.

Finally got this one finished up. The buyer is going to install hardware himself.

 

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Holy Green Lantern! How did you get that jungle lagoon illuminated from the inside? No, wrong question, that's a mile deep so depth is no issue. Thus: Are you a TARDIS engineer who can make things bigger on the inside?

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Ho hum, just another amazing beauty here, nothing new.

B-)

Honestly, when I remember the finish issues you were going through a few years back, it's a pure pleasure to see how high you set the bar these days.

What is that fretboard wood....pale moon ebony?

SR

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13 hours ago, mistermikev said:

as always... top notch. 

I bet the guys on the 'pointy guitars' fb group would eat this stuff up.  I posted yer pic over there - hope you don't mind.  spread the guitar porn I figure.

Thanks! I post there every now and then. Seems like that crowd is more interested in BC rich guitars.

9 hours ago, ScottR said:

Ho hum, just another amazing beauty here, nothing new.

B-)

Honestly, when I remember the finish issues you were going through a few years back, it's a pure pleasure to see how high you set the bar these days.

What is that fretboard wood....pale moon ebony?

SR

Thanks Scotty!
Yup, that is PME. Super expensive but i do like working with it.

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1 hour ago, killemall8 said:

Thanks! I post there every now and then. Seems like that crowd is more interested in BC rich guitars.

 

they are a little funny over there.  cracks me up guys with a whole room full of warlocks!  Still it went over pretty well and a few people oogled and ahed at it so... alls well.

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17 hours ago, ScottR said:

Your builds have been amazing for years.

This last 6-8 months you have gone to a whole new level.

Maybe two.

Really really nice Luis!

SR

Thanks scotty!
Ive been really trying to create a new level, especially on finish types.

Every build i feel like im still dialing in the perfect methods.

Here are some better pics of the red one, before wet sanding and buffing.

Also a walnut EXP, same thing, pre buffing

 

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1 hour ago, killemall8 said:

before wet sanding and buffing

Your guitars look better than any of mine even pre buffing! Truth to be said, I've rarely seen as tempting wood porn as in your pictures. Not only the wood, it's even more about your skills of enhancing the properties of the wood you're using. Photography has nothing to do with it, other than cropping to the essentials.

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