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cont... 00-14, with strings

Post by John Parchem » Wed Jun 25, 2014 10:34 pm

After a friend spent a week playing my 00 he ordered a Martin style 00 with 14 frets to the body. He really liked the arm bevel so that is going in as well. He went through my wood and of course picked my favorite set.

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He plays well and has migrated to more of a finger style and it was a major revelation that a smaller body 00 is a lot easier to hold than a Martin D28 while sitting in a chair. He literally sat for hours playing. I had to check the door when he left to make sure my guitar stayed behind.

This will be a pretty traditional guitar for me. I will add the arm bevel, and I will work in the bolt on bolt off neck. A bit more practice on both of those features.
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Re: Starting to put together a 00-14 fret to the body guitar

Post by Kevin in California » Thu Jun 26, 2014 10:54 am

Oh fun. Is that Cocobolo John?

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Re: Starting to put together a 00-14 fret to the body guitar

Post by John Parchem » Thu Jun 26, 2014 10:35 pm

Kevin in California wrote:Oh fun. Is that Cocobolo John?

Yes it is cocobolo. I am looking forward to working with this wood.

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Re: Starting to put together a 00-14 fret to the body guitar

Post by John Link » Fri Jun 27, 2014 9:28 am

John: What do you plan to use for glue with the Cocobolo?
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Re: Starting to put together a 00-14 fret to the body guitar

Post by Daniel P » Fri Jun 27, 2014 10:19 am

John, that is some beautiful cocobolo you found. Any plans to deviate from traditional inlay patterns, or does he want this pretty close in to traditional Martin style?

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Re: Starting to put together a 00-14 fret to the body guitar

Post by John Parchem » Fri Jun 27, 2014 10:35 am

John, I plan to use the last of my LMI glue. My current guitar project has a lot of cocobolo and it has been bonding fine.

Daniel, He just wants the body shape\size with a 14 fret to the body neck. I am free to chose the bindings\rosette and inlay patterns. I have a large stash of amboyna burl that I will use. The binding will be ebony as I still want a bit of safety when making the arm bevel.

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Re: Starting to put together a 00-14 fret to the body guitar

Post by Daniel P » Fri Jun 27, 2014 3:18 pm

Ebony on cocobolo - can't wait to see it.

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