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YAYYY RON

I knew it would be hard to keep a good man down. Great news.

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Todd, that other top should be there tomorrow or the next day at the latest. It does have a bit of color, but it taps almost like glass. Hope it will work OK.

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Hey, how come all the posts in this topic with photos are in boxes that you have to scroll left/right to see it all. This makes reading the text all but impossible since I have to go to the bottom of the post and scroll over to read the end of a line, back up to actually read it and then back down t...

Hey Todd, I appreciate you taking the time to share. I will be watching and if I can think of any comments that do not sound too dumb, I will offer them.

Thanks,

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Hey Randy, now that's a mighty cool looking instrument. Thanks for showing us what you have been up to.

I would ask a bunch of questions, but I don't know enough about these instuments to say anything halfway intellegent

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Eben wrote:ohmyGod...

In that case, I respectfully REPEAT my offer!



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Hey E, if that scares you, you should se how Glen (GMG) and I do it

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Well, I just ground it down on a bench grinder. Marked it with a pencil and kinda eyeballed it. Ground it at the right angle, and that was it.

Should be no problem with it getting dull since all it will be cutting is fairly soft bracewood and there ain't that much cutting on one guitar.

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What a really cool idea on the back bracing. Why didn't I think of that. Use the dish, laminate the braces and they stay in the radius after the glue dries. Way cool! Is that original or is it a trick I haven't read about in the journals of greatness yet? Dave Livermore Lindstrom, MN Welcome to the...