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Pete
Showing posts with label Euro Spruce/East Indian Rosewood Mod OM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Euro Spruce/East Indian Rosewood Mod OM. Show all posts
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Pop Goes the Rosewood!
I know it's unfashionable in some quarters to get too enthusiastic about East Indian Rosewood, but after applying a first coat of epoxy pore-fill to the back of this guitar, I feel justified in getting just a little bit excited. Let's hope it sounds as good as it looks!
Cheers
Pete
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Pete
Friday, January 23, 2015
Progress - Slow, But Relentless
Despite my slow progress, I'm pretty happy with the way this one's shaping up and amazed - yet again - how completing the gluing of the bindings restores the resonance that's lost when the channels for the purfling and bindings are routed.
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Pete
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