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6 guitars I am finishing up . Lots of photos
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 7:46 pm
by 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.
Re: 6 guitars I am finishing up . Lots of photos
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 7:47 pm
by tippie53
more pix
this is 10 guitars this year and I should get another 8 out. A good year to be a luthier
Re: 6 guitars I am finishing up . Lots of photos
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:37 pm
by
John,
The back of that first guitar is outstanding. Is that Brazilian RW?
The others ain't too shabby also......
-tommy
Re: 6 guitars I am finishing up . Lots of photos
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 6:12 pm
by Ken Hundley
Beautiful! Keep em comin!
Re: 6 guitars I am finishing up . Lots of photos
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:04 pm
by Tim R
Beautiful guitars John! I really like the Blues Creek creek.
Tim
Re: 6 guitars I am finishing up . Lots of photos
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:24 pm
by tippie53
yes that is BRW .
Re: 6 guitars I am finishing up . Lots of photos
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 4:40 pm
by 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.
Re: 6 guitars I am finishing up . Lots of photos
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:08 pm
by 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.
Re: 6 guitars I am finishing up . Lots of photos
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:49 am
by 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 .