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a 12 stirng Martin conversion
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 5:14 pm
by tippie53
this is a conversion I am doing for a good customer , this is his 2nd conversion I have done.
It came out nice
BRW back and sides 1962 martin D 28 body
new red spruce top and snake wood binding and tuner buttons. 42 style pearl
Re: a 12 stirng Martin conversion
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 10:07 pm
by JLT
tippie53 wrote:this is a conversion I am doing for a good customer , this is his 2nd conversion I have done.
It came out nice
BRW back and sides 1962 martin D 28 body
new red spruce top and snake wood binding and tuner buttons. 42 style pearl
I take it that the spruce top had a different bracing than the original. Did anything else have to be modified to take the extra strain of the strings? (I'm thinking truss rod, mainly.)
Re: a 12 stirng Martin conversion
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:29 am
by Phil
You do such nice work! The snakewood binding/buttons look so cool!
Re: a 12 stirng Martin conversion
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:45 am
by tippie53
actually the 12 strings just gets a heavier plate and it is 24.9 scale.
They also use light strings
Re: a 12 stirng Martin conversion
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:14 pm
by Kevin Sjostrand
That is one beautiful head stock John.
Re: a 12 stirng Martin conversion
Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 12:43 pm
by tippie53
Finally finished this 12 string up. I am waiting on the inlaid pickguard . We elongated the head plate inlay and I think it looks so much nicer.
hope you all like
Re: a 12 stirng Martin conversion
Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 5:50 pm
by Kevin Sjostrand
Very very nice
Re: a 12 stirng Martin conversion
Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 6:01 pm
by johnnparchem
Nicely done. I love to see you work.