Thermally treated GC Build

By Mr. Joe Sustaire of Talihina, OK
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Re: Thermally treated GC Build

Post by truckjohn » Wed Mar 08, 2017 6:19 am

That's looking very nice.

It's funny how so few people have ever seen ladder bracing anymore that it's like a new paradigm.. ;)
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Re: Thermally treated GC Build

Post by Dave Higham » Wed Mar 08, 2017 7:28 am

Really nice clean work Joe.
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Re: Thermally treated GC Build

Post by Dennis Leahy » Wed Mar 08, 2017 8:17 am

Dave's right: beautiful, clean work, Joe.

Did you have to use Duco Cement ("model glue"/"airplane glue")?

I'm generally not a fan of plastic binding materials, but that ivoroid is the perfect binding for this guitar. Looks fantastic. Invisible end seam in the soundhole ring too!
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Re: Thermally treated GC Build

Post by johnparchem » Wed Mar 08, 2017 10:08 am

Great looking guitar, I do like the clean look of the top purflings and the bound sound hole looks awesome.
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Re: Thermally treated GC Build

Post by BRuddy » Wed Mar 08, 2017 1:00 pm

Very nice looking guitar Joe! Excellent choices in bindings and such.

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Re: Thermally treated GC Build

Post by Fred Blom » Wed Mar 08, 2017 7:47 pm

Everything is looking great, Joe. I love the ivoroid binding and end graft,
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Re: Thermally treated GC Build

Post by whitespruce » Wed Mar 08, 2017 8:05 pm

Joe, that is looking absolutely fantastic! And, I am betting that the sound will blow you away, too.

Thanks for getting back to this and letting us follow along.

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Re: Thermally treated GC Build

Post by Joe Sustaire » Thu Mar 09, 2017 7:52 am

Thanks for the encouragement guys! I know most of you prefer wood bindings on your guitars but I've got a soft spot for ivoroid and tortoise celluloid bindings for the vintage style guitar that speaks most to me. And yes Dennis, on the last two I used Duco cement, this one I'm using Weld-On 16 plastic cement.

And yes Grant, I'm looking forward to some great sound out of this one. It's got a very powerful drum sound to the box now when I tap on it, always a good sign to me. Aside from the thermally treated wood it's also a bit deeper box than I normally build so we'll see.
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