Completed Parlor Guitar for my brother.

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johnnparchem
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Completed Parlor Guitar for my brother.

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This guitar has taken me awhile to complete looking back on the build blog I started in April. ( viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1197)

This is a more modern Martin O sized guitar based on the templates from Waldrons Instruments Inc. This guitar is my second completely from scratch guitar but it is the first guitar built in my shop at home. This is also the first slotted neck that I made.

As mentioned in the other thread the wood is Sinker Redwood for the top and quilted spanish cedar for the backs and sides. I bought all of the wood for this guitar (top, back, sides neck, rossette and head plate veneer from RC Tonewoods and Sons. The guitar was build in a John Hall mold and bent in one of his bending machine. I used Ken's bridge setting tool to mark and set the bridge. I have Martin M-540 Phosphor Bronze Light guitar strings.

I promised I would post a video so that you can hear the guitar. I am such an awfull guitar player I hesitated posting at all. I even considered recording my friend as he played the guitar. But for your listening pleasure I put down a few short bits of music so that you can hear the guitar a bit.
One of these links should work

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyywhNKO ... er&list=UL
http://youtu.be/lyywhNKOuOk


These pictures are not the best but the color is actually close to the real thing.

First a family picture with all of my acoustic guitars that I have made. This is my first guitar leaving home.

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Ben-Had
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It's so sad when they grow up and go off on their own.
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That is a gorgeous array of instruments. Congrats.
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Kevin Sjostrand
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John, how nice to meet the whole family! They all bare a resemblance.
I especially loved the final vibrato note. Perhaps I will get brave enough one of these days.
Thanks for sharing. The guitar turned out just lovely.

Kevin
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Thanks, guys.

all of the wood for this guitar (except the bindings) came from RC Tonewoods & Sons. I can not take credit for the wood choices, I send my brother a link to RC Tonewoods, with some advice, and he made the selection.
Jim_H
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Nice work John,

Looks and sounds really nice!
My poorly maintained "Blog"
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Post by Herman »

Don't be too modest. They look great. I like those little guitars. And videos are fun to watch,and so is yours. Good job.

Herman
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Very Nice! They all look real good! I watch the vid and sounds great as well ! Keep em coming!
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Thanks!

I also remember I never posted the phone picture from my brother in Crown Point Indiana who got the guitar about a week ago.
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Kevin Sjostrand
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Wow John, He looks like a happy boy.
I love giving my guitars away. It's alot more fun then selling them.

Kevin
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