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    This guitar is my first fixed bridge and first bolt on neck. It's a dovetailed bolt on neck, not by design but at the eleventh hour, future neck adjustment seemed a good idea for a flat top. I'll continue to dovetail archtops and mandolins.

    The body has been made more curvy because after making a few archtops I like guitars that way now. Also I want to use this mold to make a 15in archie.

    I made the soundhole purfs straight and had some strife bending after. The next ones will be laminated on a form.



    top ....redwood

    back and sides ... silky oak

    neck .... mahogany / silver ash

    fb / head veneer.... solomon blackwood

    binding ............. qld. walnut, silky oak
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    Nice Gat Bill...really tidy work. The instrument has what I like in a guitar..neat and simple lines.

    LOL.....that headstock is a dead ringer for the one I just spent 3 days designing for my current build....a multiscale Gore-style falcate braced OM.
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    That is a beauty Bill.
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    Thanks for commenting fellas.

    Martin, I have sort of settled in with this headstock profile for the moment. It's a Benedetto / stewmac A style mando based design. I would like to go back and change a guitar and a mando but most likely won't.
    Cheers, Bill

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    Very pretty, I like the contrasts with the binding. Great work!
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    Thanks for looking and commenting Sebastiaan.

    A side note, this could be separate topic. I just fitted a Symour Duncan " Acoustic Tube " soundhole pickup. I'm pretty happy with it. It's designed for phosphor bronze strings and an acoustic amp. A preamp makes a big difference. It takes about 1 min to shift to another guitar. The downside is a messy wire and the jack is swinging in the breeze. I am going to try a rubber self stick clip to hold the jack.

    The piezo systems have come a long way and I have used them before. Some of my favoites , Lyle Lovett, Justin Townes Earl and Pokey La Farge ( when he plays a flat top ) all use soundhole pickups. I don't know if those setups are just soundhole pickups alone or in conjunction with something else.
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    Lovely Guitar Bill . I reckon silky oak is a great choice for an acoustic build .

    Rob

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    Cheers Rob, I able to cut enough silk oak back and side sets to keep me going for awhile. I also scored a lump of Q/S old redwood 75mm x 290mm x 1.8 m.
    Cheers, Bill

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ball Peen View Post
    Cheers Rob, I able to cut enough silk oak back and side sets to keep me going for awhile. I also scored a lump of Q/S old redwood 75mm x 290mm x 1.8 m.
    great work Bill. Looks a lovely instrument. I`m currently building a `kiku`...baritone uke, 6 classical strings. Still thinking about the curved f/b though? Having a lot of fun doing it too....cheers, Graeme

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