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Location: New Hampsha | My Latest project is finally finished!
A 1613 that had a broken headstock and destroyed top and bridge with a new solid Ziricote top and matching heel and headstock overlays, a carved Legend bridge, and removed electronics.
I used a modified Ovation X bracing and it sounds really nice; I'm very pleased with this one. A Nylon string "Keeper."
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Location: Indiana | Very cool. What are the woods in the rosette?
Nice work. |
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| Very nice work! I've seen ziricote used as back & side woods, but how does it sound as a top wood? |
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Location: New Hampsha | Sixteen pieces, four each of spruce, spalted maple, bubinga, and dunno (something that had splotches) all set flush to the ziricote surface. |
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Location: New Hampsha | gr8 - sounds very nice. I had tried a bubinga top on a previous project but used a ladder brace and it was disappointing, very mid heavy and thin. I was willing to try nontraditional wood once more. For this one I used an Ovation x-brace and FRG and got a really nice sound, full, even, and tons of sustain. It's all in the brace? |
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Location: CA | What is ziricote — a wood? Never heard of it. Nice job, very pretty and unique. |
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Location: New Hampsha | http://www.lmii.com/CartTwo/thirdproducts.asp?CategoryName=+Backs+a...
Not a hard wood to work, and LMI was fantastic to deal with. I ordered a two-piece set planed to my specified thickness and joined, about $100. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | That is some purdy stuff...
So, you gonna record something for us to hear? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Very nice, good mixture of traditional effort and imagination!
I like the inlay, mostly because I've never seen that pattern used.
Please post some close ups and Red blanket shots!! |
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Location: Central Florida | From trashed to treasure.
And nice fresh idea with that soundhole treatment. Great work, Mitzdawg!
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | Very nice piece of work. Congrats !! |
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| Well done. Looks very cool - especially the rosette. |
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Location: NJ | oh my . . . |
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Location: Northeast USA | Okay,
I only see 13 of the 16 overlays. But they are very well done. Nice job of converting kindling! (I still like "Katrina" better.) I've never been into the nylon strings. I'd be very interested in hearing how that sounds.
Oh, don't you have to give up one if you're going to keep this one???
When are you going to upload some tunes?
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Nice work. Joined at the 13th fret, also called a 'tweener? Be careful bending that high C note on the 1st string. Might have to fish some of your board out of the guitar cavity. Nice to see you back on the boards. Still enjoying the beautiful Hurricane, but boy is that neck skinny! |
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Location: Chicago | Yeah! Soundbyte, Soundbyte! :) |
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BFLG 1613 finished with nontraditional top