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whitespruce wrote: ↑Tue Mar 07, 2023 9:37 am Thanks, everybody. Here it is finished.
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Absolutely stunning, Grant, and ditto what Steve K said about your rosette! - is that your "White Spruce" for the top??

Well, Blow me down, Joe! I can confidently say I've NEVER seen anything like that!!

I gotta ask about the 6-string bridge, however - did you cut TWO string slots in each bridge pin? I love the idea - changing strings with 12 bridge pins, is a freaking nightmare!

Shades of Rev. Gary D!!

Nicely played and nice vid!!

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Looking real nice Grant - good to see you back in the shop!

Garnet Rogers? Very nice compliment

Bill

So, why is it that we do what we do? After all, it is getting to the point that if you sit down and play 2-3 dozen Chinese imports, you will probably find at least 1 that sounds pretty decent....and you probably won't need to spend much over 500 bucks. Hell, you can easily spend that much on parts ...

Geez, Grant - you're a man on fire!! :clap: I gotta ask about the Goncalo though............ The stuff I see for sale and on the web, says it is also known as Tigerwood, is medium dense, but looks nothing like what you're building with. I'm thinking there may be some significant differences between ...

Grant - loved the pictures of the 8 pairs of bent sides!! Looked like what I envision the Martin Custom Shop to look like, but with more wood varieties :whis: As a "Slow-Motion" builder, your Winter Build Project seems more like a Five Year Plan to me................ I look forward to seei...

Well color me impressed, but not surprised...........

That is the coolest thing I've seen in quite some time!

I, too, found myself thinking: "that might work great on a guitar TOP" - any thoughts, G?

BTW - beautiful Coco back!

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