PROJECT "X" DEBUTS!
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PROJECT "X" DEBUTS!
Finally got the owner's permission to post some completion photos of "Project X".
This one has been on my bench on and off for some time, and the owner and I have burned up the ether talking about exactly what would be done with it.
But, after a lot of fiddling and zillions of tiny details, it's done. It's an unusual burst for me, very light shading in an unusual "honey tangerine" color. Newly-added (subtracted?) F-hole, slightly ambered checkerboard purfling and outer white binding, checkerboard headstock binding, new gold guards, and vintage knobs. The owner says it's a "keeper".
QUESTION FOR FORUMITES: Who is the happy owner of this guitar?
This one has been on my bench on and off for some time, and the owner and I have burned up the ether talking about exactly what would be done with it.
But, after a lot of fiddling and zillions of tiny details, it's done. It's an unusual burst for me, very light shading in an unusual "honey tangerine" color. Newly-added (subtracted?) F-hole, slightly ambered checkerboard purfling and outer white binding, checkerboard headstock binding, new gold guards, and vintage knobs. The owner says it's a "keeper".
QUESTION FOR FORUMITES: Who is the happy owner of this guitar?
- sloop_john_b
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Re: PROJECT "X" DEBUTS!
Veddy, veddy nice. I love the light burst and those c58 type tuners are a nice subtle touch. You can never have enough checkered binding. Perhaps a guitar made entirely out of the stuff is in the offing?
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I dunno who might own it (Witty perhaps?) but it would look at home in a Tex-Mex band alongside a traditional Bajo Sexto...
Must be the warm colour and the binding that makes me think of this.
Lovely!
Eden.
Must be the warm colour and the binding that makes me think of this.
Lovely!
Eden.
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Love the color. I guess inlays wouldn't have worked on the 24-fret fingerboard without making a new one? I like the look of the dot neck with the checkerboards in any case!
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Re: PROJECT "X" DEBUTS!
Exeptionally nice instrument all round.
Think how it would have looked with Crushed Pearl Shark-fin's... ...oh yeah... real
Want one.
Cheers
G
Think how it would have looked with Crushed Pearl Shark-fin's... ...oh yeah... real
Want one.
Cheers
G
Re: PROJECT "X" DEBUTS!
That's a beauty! I have no clue who that one belongs to.
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Very nice work Paul. Congrats to both you and the proud owner whoever he/she is.
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F-f-f-f-freaking out, man!!
How does one get one's tongue out from between the 'g' and 'h' keys?????
Beaut-ee-full!!
How does one get one's tongue out from between the 'g' and 'h' keys?????
Beaut-ee-full!!
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Re: PROJECT "X" DEBUTS!
Yet another fabulous instrument Paul! That's so gorgeous I think I'm gonna cry...
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Curmudge: You have done it again. Another corker.
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Re: PROJECT "X" DEBUTS!
Definitely a beaut! I'll just have to wait to find out who the owner is, I have no idea...
I have NO idea what to do with those skinny stringed things... I'm just a bass player...
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