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Joe, there's still time to plug one of the holes and make it into an 11-string.

Wow, you're really moving along on this one, Joe. I just noticed (I'm a little slow) that you are not installing carbon fiber in the neck. Man, if a 12-string (even low-tuned has to be more pounds of string pull than a 6-string at standard tuning) neck can withstand the pull, why in the hell am I pu...

I like the color combinations, and your workmanship is fantastic, Joe!

Glad you are liking the drumminess at this point.

... I guess now I get to decide whether to try and go back and add it through the soundhole or take the gamble that it isn't vital. Damn, so much for memory....... My $0.02 would be to add one "diamond", a little 3/4"x3/4" or 1"x1" square rotated into a diamond, betwee...

Joe, I love the built-in independent nature of the braces - ladders flying over the longitudinal tone bars. You just look at it and know that it something that is designed to move.

So, you've got a big sanding trough for tops (I've gotta make one), and you do backs in a radius dish?

Lookin real good.

Does your 25' arc trough have ribs to hold that arc, or a single "keel", or what?

Looking good, Joe! I love your gas tank side-steeping rig! Looks like it could also be used for guacamole, between bends. Um, speaking of guacamole ingredients reacting with the iron in the steel in the tank... (we were talking about that, weren't we?) ... I wonder if there will be a reaction when s...

Looks beautiful, Joe! Nice tasty combination of elements. Brilliant use of the veneer-thin purfling, up on edge!