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[quote name='john_the_bass' post='62491' date='Sep 19 2007, 09:11 AM']Just out of interest, is this built from scratch from plans or is it assembled from parts?

Damn fine looking bass.[/quote]

Hi Guys,

here's a great insight into how john makes his guitars..... well worth a close look at this

[url="http://www.bravewoodguitars.co.uk/Building%20a%20BW.html"]http://www.bravewoodguitars.co.uk/Building%20a%20BW.html[/url]

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[quote name='Marcus' post='62524' date='Sep 19 2007, 10:18 AM']Hi Guys,

here's a great insight into how john makes his guitars..... well worth a close look at this

[url="http://www.bravewoodguitars.co.uk/Building%20a%20BW.html"]http://www.bravewoodguitars.co.uk/Building%20a%20BW.html[/url][/quote]

Great stuff!
(BUT - I still think some of his 'distressing' is just not done very well - especially all that 'chipping' he does to the body. Genuine old vintage guitars just don't look like that...!
But the quality of his guitar building work is obviously very high - so I don't know he doesn't leave it at that rather than spoil them with the dodgy ageing stuff...? Bizarre.)

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[quote name='99ster' post='62590' date='Sep 19 2007, 12:15 PM']Great stuff!
(BUT - I still think some of his 'distressing' is just not done very well - especially all that 'chipping' he does to the body. Genuine old vintage guitars just don't look like that...!
But the quality of his guitar building work is obviously very high - so I don't know he doesn't leave it at that rather than spoil them with the dodgy ageing stuff...? Bizarre.)[/quote]


I can agree with that to a large extent.....

Good Job then because mine is build to be 10/10 with no distressing.....

It's got the closest you'll get to 60's Nitro finish really thinly applied, you can see the wood grain really clearly through it so it's got a great acoustic "Ring" to it

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Fascinating article. And made for Kevin, too - that P he made looks just like the one this guy Kevin Lindsay has:

[url="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=102202793"]http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...endid=102202793[/url]

Who also owns a few nice Seis (he was good enough to give me info on Nordy fatstacks for my custom build).

It's amazing, the relicing looks almost identical, but this one on myspace is labelled a 56 Fender P.

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[quote name='Marcus' post='62524' date='Sep 19 2007, 10:18 AM']Hi Guys,

here's a great insight into how john makes his guitars..... well worth a close look at this

[url="http://www.bravewoodguitars.co.uk/Building%20a%20BW.html"]http://www.bravewoodguitars.co.uk/Building%20a%20BW.html[/url][/quote]

Thanks, really interesting. For what it's worth, I played a '76 Antigua Jazz last night and it was distressed in exactly the same 'chipped' fashion as some of the Bravewood examples. Maybe not to the same extent, but very similar.

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