First Try with French Polishing

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rcnewcomb
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Re: First Try with French Polishing

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Here is a video/sound clip of my first build. The sound is from a consumer grade video camera. I installed a K&K pickup but this clip is NOT using the amplifier.
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Re: First Try with French Polishing

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wow that sounds good, nice playing as well.
Benjy
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Re: First Try with French Polishing

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Very nice!

I am thinking about putting a sound port in my next build. Will you ad one to your next build?
rcnewcomb
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Here is another video where I use the K&K pickup through a small Peavey amp.
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Re: First Try with French Polishing

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Benjy wrote:Very nice!
I am thinking about putting a sound port in my next build. Will you ad one to your next build?
Yes. The next build will be a Dreadnought Redwood/Mahogany and it will have a sound port too.
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Kevin Sjostrand
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Randall, sounds great! Any I recognize the song too. :)
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Wow Randall, that sounds great!
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rcnewcomb
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Re: First Try with French Polishing

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I played this one in church last Sunday. There is something very satisfying about playing on an instrument that you have built.
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MaineGeezer
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Wow! Amazing sound! Well done.
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Re: First Try with French Polishing

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Cool to see the progress of the finish. I'm thinking of FPing my first build too ( should only be another year or two before it's done :) ) Looks and sounds great!
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