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That's looking very nice.

It's funny how so few people have ever seen ladder bracing anymore that it's like a new paradigm..

Really nice clean work Joe.

Dave's right: beautiful, clean work, Joe.

Did you have to use Duco Cement ("model glue"/"airplane glue")?

I'm generally not a fan of plastic binding materials, but that ivoroid is the perfect binding for this guitar. Looks fantastic. Invisible end seam in the soundhole ring too!

Great looking guitar, I do like the clean look of the top purflings and the bound sound hole looks awesome.

Very nice looking guitar Joe! Excellent choices in bindings and such.

Brian

Everything is looking great, Joe. I love the ivoroid binding and end graft,

Joe, that is looking absolutely fantastic! And, I am betting that the sound will blow you away, too.

Thanks for getting back to this and letting us follow along.

g

Thanks for the encouragement guys! I know most of you prefer wood bindings on your guitars but I've got a soft spot for ivoroid and tortoise celluloid bindings for the vintage style guitar that speaks most to me. And yes Dennis, on the last two I used Duco cement, this one I'm using Weld-On 16 plastic cement.

And yes Grant, I'm looking forward to some great sound out of this one. It's got a very powerful drum sound to the box now when I tap on it, always a good sign to me. Aside from the thermally treated wood it's also a bit deeper box than I normally build so we'll see.