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Awesome to see Grant. The level of detail is amazing. Can you still get gut strings?

John

Good to see you posting Grant. Are you going off of specific plans? Love seeing the process.

John

Joe is this the one you had up at Stringfest a few years back? I remember one with a sandblasted top. I liked it then but man, it’s even better now.

Leave it to you to create a guitar that looks older than we all do!

John

Beautiful Joe! But I don’t think you’d have kept it for yourself. Way too shiny and new looking!



Seriously nice work!

John

Looking good Joe. How are you applying the Qualasole? How is the odor? I’m always open to a better method. Hopefully you’ll bring her up so we can get an earful!

John

Looking good, Joe. What are you planning on for a finish?

John

Looking good Joe. Good to see you making some progress. I was just thinking I hadn't seen anything from you lately. Your truss rod slot seems to end a ways from the nut. I always thought they had to be almost right up to the nut area. Hmmm. Now you got me thinking.

John

Joe, my two cents on the back reinforcing strip necessity is that it’s probably not an absolute must, especially if your glue joint is good. And if I read your posts correctly and you routed in the decorative back strip after the back was glued up, we’ll that in my mind does essentially the same thi...