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thats the curly bear spruce ...That I can spot a mile long..

nice cocobolo too...


Ron

Hey Eben

I got the ebony board today , Look's good man...after all those years , It like a rock hard piece of wood, and it came from a tree.


thanks grant and eben.....really...you can't buy this kind of stuff...


Ron

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/mrfender/Picture901.jpg ok I checked all my sides and she a go... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/mrfender/Picture903.jpg I finish the bending with a hot pipe and and now I check all the fitting... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/mrfender/Picture902...

thanks for the comments ...how every thing...Jim... I got a little ahead of myself and today I glued the top on...so I would have work for tuesday ,I hot piped the side today glued the tail and kerf on by later in the day I glued the top on...I show photos in the morning ,by the time I look at what ...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/mrfender/Picture896.jpg sunday down at the shop this morning...nice day here..Heres the most important part of building a harp is making the neck block fit and testing the angles and the lengths are right ...It all start from here guys.. http://img.photobucket....

ya I got that tung oil today ,,wow it seem so thick..can't wait to try it out... on the other side . I was surf the web today and looking at allied for spruce and notice the prices on there top woods...wow...$150 for a AAAA top guess I should have stock up when prices were affordable...hate to think...

Thanks Eben I got your email ,,very cool...It really make's the differents having really hard wood for the finger board..even better if it ring like a bell.... ;) years and years of playing sure take a ToOl on your finger board,, man...well am going to do and inlay on the board...I try to show as mu...

Eben Thanks ...I'll need your address and ill send you off something monday... bill ...ok that sound good ... ok back to the build ... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/mrfender/Picture894.jpg I got the top all braced up today and been working on the neck block..noticed the tail will start at 4i...