ScottR

Immaculate. As always.

SR

Probably African...quarter sawn that size.

SR

If you look at the grain in the glue up pic, you'll see that he didn't use the two edges in the first pic as his glue up join. Judging from his first guitar, I'm betting the glue line is just fine.

SR

Ahwww come on man, piss on it. You know you're dyin' to see if it works .

Hey somebody was going to say it, I just got to it first.

SR

Okay..........now that's just awesome. Polished black poly really looks like buffed pewter or quicksilver huh? No secret step you're not telling us about?

SR

Well, they may not be exactly the way you mentally pictured them, but I think the way they worked out on the girl si a big positive. They add a little life to her shape.

SR

Man, I really, really like this. Excellent use of grain directions, especially on the girl. Are the outlines epoxy and ebony dust? I don't know if this was done on purpose, but the thick-thin qualities ot the outlines make it look like it was inked with a brush like a cartoonist does. **That's a good thing in my book** Very, very nice work, John.

SR

That was his style, and I don't think the songs would have the same feel and emotion if he played with technical precision.

Back to Robin Trower, I've been listening to some of his live stuff the last couple of days and my lord that stuff is just dripping tone! Reminds me of the time I saw him live at Arrowhead stadium in Kansas City. That was during the Eagle and the Dove--Bridge of Sighs heyday. The sound was huge. Do they even have stadium concerts anymore?

Oh wait, I remember seeing Kenny Chesney and Brad Paisley on the Marquee for Reliant stadium last summer. Maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places....genres.

SR

Well......I like it a lot better after the black stain and wool and laquer.....but it still looks like something pulled from the ashes of a burning refuse heap. I mean that in the nicest possible way . It does look likeit belongs in one of those end of the world type action flicks. I know you are working by feel here, trying treatments out and seeing if the results feel right. I think it is ugly and yet pretty cool in a molten metallic sort of way. Is it getting close to your vision?

If so, then:

Well done!

SR

Well, it certainly would be easier to trim, bevel, and finish the ends of the highest few if you didn't have to protect the body at the same time.

SR

I know I've said this before about your builds but......

Phenomenal, just absolutely phenomenal....like usual.

SR

Wow. This is very nicely done, John. Very impressive to look at. I wasn't really feeling the white sides until you turned it over and the black neck join is visible. Then it rocks. How bad is it going to pi$$ you off when the face gets scratched? It will get scrached.

SR

Glad to see you moved the sapwood to the outside on the limba.

SR

Wow. That thing is very art deco. The attention to detail is amazing...and there are a ton of details. The scarf joint looks very cool. Hopefully we'll get a bigger pik of that when it's done. Very nicely done!

SR

You will be missed. Your voice was a breath of fresh air here.

SR

This is slicker 'n green owl sh*t Paulie!

Did attaching the fretboard and Walnut neck "binding" pose any problems since the neck already had a body on it? And how do the blues engines sound? I've not heard them before.

SR

Thanks for showing us progress on this one. I'm gonna enjoy watching you work out all the details and make your final decisions. This one's gonna be very cool.

SR

Mark, how did you angle the face before carving? Shim and run through the planer?

SR

That is a beautiful guitar.

Very nicely done!

SR

thanks. finally got the replacement spring for my drill press so hoping to get a bunch done this weekend.

Realized i also haven't posted any pics of the fretboard, which i sanded up through the grits and is now super super shiny.

Well, pop them on up here already.

Been wondering where you went mate. I was hoping weren't just teasing us with these shots of lovely work and blue dye, only to walk away and leave us hanging....

SR

can we see the maple with the burst? i kinda think that would be the winningest.

Exactly. What he said.

SR

Yeah, I've heard that's a pretty town. That's strange about the difficulty of finding hardwoods, when so many nice ones come from there. I''ve got Cocobolo, and Bocote that came from there and mahagony that probably did. I would love to find some Desert Ironwood for a carving. All I can find is already carved and is at the aforementioned mercados. Although the prices are pretty good so I've seriously considered buying a carving and using it for a carving.... which is kind of what Mike did with his flea market find. He says as he tries to bring this back from a 100% hijack--Sorry about that Mike.

SR

Hey Jose, they keep all that kind of stuff in the mercados up in the border towns for the turistas. At least they did when I lived on the border. And subdued is exactly the right word. Dude your English is better than that of most of the people I know on this side of the river.

SR

This came out really nice Mike. I really like way the grain in the front wood showed up. Did you have to dye it any to match the back or did you just oil it and voile!

Looks like you need to toss some weed and feed on the lawn tho' dude!

All joking aside, good job!

SR

Looks great! How did it "go mental"?

SR