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Andyjr1515

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  1. Andyjr1515
    May I be the first! Many congrats on the 'Guitar of the Year'. Very, very well deserved! Superb job
  2. Andyjr1515
    Very nice Bicycle inner tubes are still widely available. However - and I know I'm odd - nowadays I iron on wooden bindings in the same way I have always applied veneer (PVAwood glue both sides, let dry, ironed on). I can't stand the uncertainty of a bound approach and have never had a fully satisfactory result. With the iron-on technique you know immediately whether it's right or not and - if it's not - can correct it there and then. But yes - I am odd like that
  3. Andyjr1515
    Oooo...looking forward to this one! Lovely walnut
  4. Andyjr1515
    Great job. Looks and sounds classy!
  5. Andyjr1515
    Excellent progress @ADFinlayson
  6. Andyjr1515
    Oh wow...
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    I think many of us have been there. There are some things that can be hidden, incorporated or bypassed, But there are some things that happen in my builds, that I know will just niggle at me if I don't fix it and so it is worth taking a couple of steps backward before a dozen more forwards... ...but that takes a few pints of fortitude! Presumably that meant all of the bracing work again?
  8. Andyjr1515
    Or paraphrasing @Gogzs comment above, "I do build acoustics, but the level of craftsmanship in this thread is truly inspiring. Thanks for that, can't wait to see the rest."
  9. Andyjr1515
    That is, indeed, a deep cut!
  10. Andyjr1515
    Maybe slow progress, @Prostheta, but great attention to detail. Looking good too - love the figuring on that fretboard!
  11. Andyjr1515
    Well...Jack's got it and... ...he's very happy with it! This is what he posted on one of the other forums: "It plays wonderfully. It basically has the Gibson playability with a Fender Neck profile. Very easy, not too thin, not too thick etc. Sustains for days and sounds huge. From the pickups it sounds very, very unique. Its big, piano like cleans, like a massive sounding strat on the neck pickup, flick it to the bridge pickup and it is surprisingly soft sounding, but when you dig in it produces a very tele-esque sound. Through it all it has a very woody/acoustic sound sat in the mix, its hard to describe. It sounds nothing like my 345. If there was a certain "openness" to the semi hollow sound this guitar has it in abundance, my 345 sounds like a solid body in comparison." That'll do for me
  12. Andyjr1515
    Simply lovely
  13. Andyjr1515
    Excellent info, @ADFinlayson . I've toyed with getting a spray set up from time to time (although pretty much nowhere to set one up!) and had looked at the turbine ones but hadn't tracked down anyone who had actually tried them for this kind of work. This is great info and I think confirms my own conclusions. Compressor rig it is! - just got to work out how or where I could create a usable setup
  14. Andyjr1515
    Wow - you can see the difference from here! I've probably missed the post, but what spraygun /system have you gone to?
  15. Andyjr1515
    That's looking great, @Nicco When the finish is on it's going to look spectacular
  16. Andyjr1515
    Good heavens!
  17. Andyjr1515
    Thanks, Mike and all you other generous folks. Always much appreciated
  18. Andyjr1515
    That is very kind of you to say, but it is those very ideas, from you and the myriad of talented folks round here, that have all been stolen been noted and I've tried to incorporate into my builds. And I am in awe of the real craftmanship I see regularly in many of the other builds round here What was it that Isaac Newton is credited with saying? 'Standing on the shoulders of giants' ? That said, I am very chuffed with how this has turned out
  19. Andyjr1515
    Yaaaay! Got a GOTM!!!! Thank you so much for the votes, folks. Always very much appreciated
  20. Andyjr1515
    That bracing is lovely!
  21. Andyjr1515
    Can't help with the spray stuff...but that colour and burst is super, super classy. Best green I've seen in a long, long time...
  22. Andyjr1515
    That shot is actually pretty knockout, @Prostheta Points about palm router collets noted!
  23. Andyjr1515
    My first acoustic build used this same plan
  24. Andyjr1515
    Absolutely agree with Carl here... Black staining is a nightmare. This is a very good result.
  25. Andyjr1515
    The darker tint does suit it. Coming along nicely
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