LOTS OF PROJECTS NEARING COMPLETION...

[4003]

Wow...this fishy string has gone on a long time.

Almost as long as this word:

Humuhumunukunukuapua'a

(Look it up)

[jingle_jangle]

Picasso Triggerfish. When I was into salt water aquariums back in the '80s, these were my faves.

Agressive as hell, though.

[4003]

Yep. Saw quite a few in Hawaii. Even got the hat to prove it.

[kiramdear]

They're good eating too

[weemac]

Whale oil beef hooked!

Eden.

[manta]

Those Picasso triggers nest near the beach area here on Guam and nip tourists when they snorkel over their nests. Our lifeguards are constantly saving tourists from "shark attacks" that turn out to be fiesty triggerfish!

T

[simer4001]

On a fishtail headstock, where do you place the tunas?

Thank you all for playing but I think Evan is the winner. Now, for the love of God! Please stop before this thread is deleted.

[kiramdear]

Yes, indeed. I cry "Uncle"

[beatlefreak]

Wow...this fishy string has gone on a long time.

Almost as long as this word:

Humuhumunukunukuapua'a

(Look it up)

Sounds like a Grateful Dead album.

[simer4001]

Wow...this fishy string has gone on a long time.

Almost as long as this word:

Humuhumunukunukuapua'a

(Look it up)

Sounds like a Grateful Dead album.

Or an Ungrateful Thread album.

[marc61]

On a fishtail headstock, where do you place the tunas?

Thank you all for playing but I think Evan is the winner. Now, for the love of God! Please stop before this thread is deleted.

+1 - I enjoy seeing pics of the projects as they are coming along.

[37012player]

Now, seriously, do you think I'd build acoustic bodies out of split wood? Those are giggles in the grain that you're seeing. The place you'd be more likely seeing splits would be in the spruce tops, which are very soft and absorb and give off moisture as fast as a sponge. These do have a tendency to split. This happens most often when the wood is too dry during construction and finishing, and then is subjected to humidity changes--first to high humidity (as in a temperate climate near the ocean), and then very low humidity again. In many cases, it only takes one cycle of this to cause a split.

No offense was.....whatsoever intended, Paul, just an honest question based on observation of the pics.?.? I really hope that there will be pic's of the acoustics as they come to completion.

Si........

[jingle_jangle]

Si, lots of acoustic pictures here:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v693/ ... ACOUSTICS/

password is rick46812

[libratune]

Beautiful work, Paul. Your painstaking efforts really pay off with fabulous results !

[wmthor]

Ron, I like your avatar!