Indian Rosewood low-tuned 12 String

Steve Kinnaird · Post by **Steve Kinnaird** » Wed Jun 19, 2019 9:45 pm

Joe, are you going to ramp those slots? I.e. give your strings a path to those posts after they leave the nut?

SK

Post by **Joe Sustaire** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 8:41 am

Yeah, I re-shaped the heel a couple of days after those shots were taken and just happened to notice I had missed that step. That's seems to be just how it goes around here...…… flying by the seat of my pants...….. thanks for the reminder though, I would hate to have not "discovered" that until I was stringing it up!

Dennis Leahy · Post by **Dennis Leahy** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 10:40 pm

Lookin' beautiful, Joe!

The guitar too!

Hey, I've sat in that chair, and I've thumped that guitar body! (sounds drummy!)

She really is elegant and understated, Joe.

Post by **Eben** » Mon Jun 24, 2019 8:33 pm

Damn, Brother Joe - That’s just plain sexy. Too bad she can’t make the trip north...

Post by **Joe Sustaire** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 1:32 pm

Went ahead and put this together in the white. Gives me a chance to discover any problems and fix them before doing the finish work...….
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Got the neck angle adjusted, fine tuned the frets, nut and saddle slots, and also discovered a couple of back braces that needed re-gluing. Got it back together and the good news is, it's sounding and playing good. Looks like it's gonna' make a low-tuned 12 after all.

I'll leave it together for a few days and play the hell out of it to see if any other problems show up...….. give it a chance to realize it's a guitar!

Steve Kinnaird · Post by **Steve Kinnaird** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 5:44 pm

Man! that looks good!

Dennis Leahy · Post by **Dennis Leahy** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 9:28 pm

Joe Sustaire wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2019 1:32 pm
... Got it back together and the good news is, it's sounding and playing good. ...

Joe,

I had no doubts, but congrats for ticking the 2 most important of the 3 checkboxes. (I already knew it was beautiful, the third checkbox.)

I just wish you were making a batch of 12.

Post by **Joe Sustaire** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 8:40 am

Thanks Steve!

And yeah right Dennis...…… maybe next time, ha, ha!

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