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Well I'll have to relinquish myself to simply watching swaps right now, cause I'm back in school and can't build
But this is fun to view!
Chris

I think these builders exchanges ya'll do on this forum are just the coolest/nicest thing!
Chris

Boy a sound file will be diffiult! I'm at the healdsburg show helping out a friend right now, then I'm home for 2 days before I ship off to Europe for grad school. And the guitar will hopefully be sold or at a dealer by the time I get back :S
Chris

Dennis. I did sand everything back. It was first done in dye and the east coast maple just didn't take the stain even, so I sanded it back. What you see now is an airbrushed tinted lacquer burst.
Chris

Just finished it up and am very happy with it. It's a very aggressive playing and sounding guitar, which I think fits the look (although I still think she's elegant). I call her the "Marlin" and this is the prototype for the shape. I called it this because I thought the upper bout looked l...

Whatever happened with this guitar? Have you made any more progress on it? Dennis showed me this awhile back before I was even a member here and I remembered being fascinated with the idea. While searching for some nomex info on here today it came back up and thus renewed my interest in this design ...