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I only went down to .085. Their cooling down now so we'll see...

Raymond

I wondered about that myself Dennis, but I bent the cutaway side months ago, and actually since then started and finished the build with the EIR and Bloodwood 3 piece back. It was the same size and shape and also had a cutaway and I bent those sides without incident using this same set-up. The crack...

:lol: :D Who me? I have nothing but nice things to say about Eben. True I have lots of not so nice things to say to him :twisted: but only because I love :ugeek: Most of the problems I had with these bends were related to the learning curve with the new bender and some development bugs in the contro...

Oops. Right builder, but wrong build.

You're cranking them out so fast I'm getting confused.

Looking good.
Raymond

My SG shape is similar to an OM in size, but is a little longer and a little slimmer. This is the original that Debbie liked so much she commissioned me for this one. http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o274/feissli/OMC%201%20-%20Maple/071217009.jpg http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o274/feissli/OMC...

When I took my curly maple build in to work there was lady there who liked it so much she commissioned me to build her a guitar. Since she didn't play I tried to talk her out of it, but she said she understood the cost and was planning to learn how to play. And besides she hopes to have an early Fei...

Very nice Joe. I really like that rosette and the label is great. Maybe after sleep deprived Dennis gets some rest he can show us both how to make a sound file and post it. If I'm not mistaken isn't there a ladder brace following close behind? I really would like to hear the difference. Did you mean...