6 guitars I am finishing up . Lots of photos

[tippie53]

I have an annual guitar show I enjoy doing , it is Martins on Main Street in Nazareth PA. Here are a sample of the guitars that I will have out there. This link is to a thread on the one conversion I am doing. The transformation of this one is pretty nice actually. http://theunofficialmartinguitarforum.y ... AX3zpEqmnI

here are the photos of the 5 others. I will post more as they get their set ups.

[tippie53]

more pix
this is 10 guitars this year and I should get another 8 out. A good year to be a luthier

John,
The back of that first guitar is outstanding. Is that Brazilian RW?
The others ain't too shabby also......

-tommy

[Ken Hundley]

Beautiful! Keep em comin!

[Tim R]

Beautiful guitars John! I really like the Blues Creek creek.

Tim

[tippie53]

yes that is BRW .

[B. Howard]

John, it appears you fret prior to finishing, but you wait to level and crown till after setting the neck, is that correct? Any particular reason to fret first? They all look stunning by the way.

[tippie53]

I actually dry fit the neck and plane the fretboard , so the fretboard is planed to each guitar , then fret and finish. I hate hammering on a guitar if I don't have to and it is a technique that works well. After all the fret board prep is 90% of the fret job.
Dressing and crowning is easier with a well prepped board.

[tippie53]

Some of the guitars are together and strung up . I will post pics of them all when they are done. One guitar was a basket case as that was a conversion / restoration. The before and after pics are here . I will show the finished guitar in a few days.
This guitar had some issues and a major side crack .