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[Fixit]

Just finished an acoustic guitar. The story behind this one is that it was started by another luthier also from the same area that I am. Sadly he passed away before he could finish the guitar. The guitar was commissioned by a friend who is a local guitar teacher, for his son, who lives in Nashville. Bob Huckabee ( the first luthier) only got the body put together, and that was as far as he got. The body and the rest of the materials sat around for the next 4 years. When I got it, the body still needed the binding installed, the neck made, the inlay work, bridge installed, and finishing, along with the electronics installed and setup. The guitar has solid quilt maple back and sides and a nice Sitka top that show quite a lot of silking.
It is also a jumbo sized, deep bodied guitar. It sounds great, with the clarity that maple provides, but it also has very good bass response due to it's size.

Here are a few pictures, since we love pictures.











enyoy!

 

[learnintoplay62]

Great job Fixit. The maple is sweet.

 

[killdeer43]

Beautiful work. Thanks for sharing. :courage:

Joe

 

[drc]

Tom - you are a pro's pro! Beautiful guitar.

 

[twocorgis]

Magnificent Tom! I remember you telling me about this on a while back, and it's great to see it in finished form. Beautiful work there.

 

[silverfox103]

She's a beauty, very nice job!

Tom C.

 

[Default]

Simply wonderful!

 

[Zelja]

Great that you could complete this project & fantastic job. Looks a stunner.

 

[davismanLV]

Amazing job, Tom. Love the block inlays on the fretboard and the maple is beautiful!! It's good to know you finished what Bob started.... a fitting tribute.

 

[jcwu]

That is one unique label. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Fixit]

The label was designed by Ron Brunk's father, who brought the guitar to me to finish. BTW, Ron has some stuff on YouTube. I'm looing forward to seeing him play it when he post some more after he gets the guitar.

 

[southernGuild]

What a wonderful story behind this guitar. An interesting past and a wide open future....what a sweet instrument. Sentiment too. Wow.
Tom you are amazing! Your skills are stunning..........What a great example of that.

 

[chazmo]

Congrats, Tom. Well done!! That's a lovely axe!

 

[dapmdave]

I had the pleasure of playing this guitar a bit. Sounds as good as it looks!

 

[rampside]

I love stories like this and the end result is beautiful. Thanks for sharing Tom.

 

[mavuser]

Amazing job and amazing story. thanks for sharing the HJ-001 with us!

 

[griehund]

Just finished an acoustic guitar. The story behind this one is that it was started by another luthier also from the same area that I am. Sadly he passed away before he could finish the guitar. The guitar was commissioned by a friend who is a local guitar teacher, for his son, who lives in Nashville. Bob Huckabee ( the first luthier) only got the body put together, and that was as far as he got. The body and the rest of the materials sat around for the next 4 years. When I got it, the body still needed the binding installed, the neck made, the inlay work, bridge installed, and finishing, along with the electronics installed and setup. The guitar has solid quilt maple back and sides and a nice Sitka top that show quite a lot of silking.
It is also a jumbo sized, deep bodied guitar. It sounds great, with the clarity that maple provides, but it also has very good bass response due to it's size.

Here are a few pictures, since we love pictures.











enyoy!

I'm only seeing one pic and it's in the reply editor??????

 

[chazmo]

Something's wrong with your system, Cliff. There are 5 (great) pictures.

 

[Terry Allan Hall]

That's pretty nice!

 

[griehund]

Something's wrong with your system, Cliff. There are 5 (great) pictures.

And now I see them. Beautiful! It helps to quit Firefox once in a while. :redface: