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That's exactly what I was hoping for David. Once you have construction down voicing is the next step. Glad it got those blade turning, it's really cool stuff when you get into it.

The Progress. http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd354/tlguitars/guitars/HBProto/DSC_0001.jpg http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd354/tlguitars/guitars/HBProto/DSC_0002.jpg http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd354/tlguitars/guitars/HBProto/DSC_0013.jpg http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd354/tlgui...

So hello to Darryl Young!!!!!! So, a big I'm sorry, you were completely right and I was in total denial. After getting it all boxed up the guitar didn't make a sound, nothing. You could beat and beat on it and it would thud and suddenly stop. So after months of shame, denial and procrastination I fi...

So after posting this in the other forum I got a few comments that it was too much of a tease to just show what I showed above and not give the exacts of my work. But I feel like everything is there, at least enough for everyone else to get the idea of what was happening. I'll share everything I've ...

The end result: Monster volume and clarity. Definitely not the BS tone I had before. It was good but not exciting. Guys would play it and gave it right back. You can see me playing it on the video and I can't stop until I'd heard a full phrase of my tune. I was confused about how great it sounded. I...

Here's what the braces looked like before I started to shave them down. They looked so clean and pro, right?!?! http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd354/tlguitars/lessons/IMG_0028.jpg http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd354/tlguitars/lessons/IMG_0022.jpg http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd354/tlg...

Got it done tonight and man it's now amazing, dead strings and all. I took pics before I started shaving and after. Now that I know how to voice properly before I get the back on I won't have to do this again but it's nice to know that I can fix a BAD sounding guitar. Here's what it sounded like, so...

So I had to revoice the Cedar as it sucked. I posted in another location but thought it might be good to post here too. http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd354/tlguitars/DSC_0136.jpg So I took Bryan Galloups "Dynamic Voicing Seminar," http://www.galloupguitars.com/featured-seminars.htm#to...