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How exciting - Im happy for you. This will be an extraordinary guitar. I heard from Bryant the other day - and his ongoing ability to create masterpice guitars continues to reach new heights - and is attracting new admirers.
He will be building me serial number 1150, a celebration model to commemorate his 150th build. I will share the build process - which should take place in about a year.
Keep us posted with the progress !
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01-15-2019 07:31 PM
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That’s the plan Steve...
Originally Posted by QAman
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Thanks Bob
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Since I chose a non-flight case (BAM Hightech) for the guitar, and despite the law requiring most carriers taking off and landing in the USA to try to find storage for carry-on instruments in the cabin; out of caution, I purchased a coach seat for my guitar from France to the USA when Bryant is traveling to the Artisan Guitar Show in April. Interestingly, this was actually less expensive than international shipment with duty (~+$100 over Fedex 3-day coast to coast domestically without purchased insurance)!
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Originally Posted by iim7V7IM7
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The slow methodical process of carving the Bosnian Maple back is under way. I hope Bryant has a good shop vac!
The Tyrollean Alpine Spruce top has been rough carved, the f-holes roughed out and the spruce x-brace is being fitted.
The rough carved Bosnian Maple back has been glued the the Basswood (more commonly used in violinmaking) kerfed lined, reinforced, Bosnian Maple sides with neck and tail blocks(left). It looks like Bryant is also making a16” archtop as well (right).
The x-braced, rough carved Tyrollean Spruce top is now glued to the rims and back and is ready for refinement.
Last edited by iim7V7IM7; 01-29-2019 at 08:59 PM.
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Bob ,
Looking great ! Once Bryant mounts the neck to the body - “the guitar is born “ as Jimmy D use to say.
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Bryant has proposed a name for this guitar. He wants to call this model “Artifex”. I honestly had to look up its meaning in the OED (Oxford English Dictionary):
"Early 17th century. From classical artific-, artifex practitioner of an art, expert practitioner of any art, skilled workman, craftsman, artist, performer, maker, creator, author, contriver, perpetrator from arti-, alternative stem of ars + -fex, combining form of facere to do, make."
The name is quite refective the creator of the instrument, the craft used to create it …. Here is a drawing of his proposed simple inlay for the headstock’s Ebony veneer.
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Everything about that headstock screams "sexy deco". I wouldn't change a thing about the shape, script, or inlay.
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Originally Posted by iim7V7IM7
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Very tasteful - I love it.
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Originally Posted by QAman
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Bryant is now about 6-weeks into building of my 17” archtop...
The body is coming right along. It appears to be carved, bound, purfled with the neck joint routed. The subtle shape of the arch, recurve and f-holes in the Italian Alpine Spruce top is now evident. The one-piece Hard Maple neck is also coming together, with the Gaboon Ebony fretboard and peghead veneer and maple binding intalled but still needs to be carved.
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Looking great !! It won't be long now- looking forward to seeing the finish accentuate the wood.
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Steve, you’ll play it in about 7 weeks...
Originally Posted by QAman
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Originally Posted by iim7V7IM7
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The neck is now on (left)...
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Bryant rough carves the outside of the Bosnian Maple back after the box is closed and the neck is on. This allows him to tap tune the carve and release the recurve in the assembled box where the back and top can interact acoustically.
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Originally Posted by iim7V7IM7
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Bryant has now moved ahead into finishing the guitar. The sunburst and initial clear coats of nitrocellulose lacquer have been applied. He still has about 6 more coats of clear nitro to apply. Since Bryant moved his shop to the south of France a few years ago, many of his sunbursts reflect the local countryside colors of the Uzes area.
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Originally Posted by iim7V7IM7
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Bob, as you have expended considerable resources supporting the art of lutherie, I hope that this guitar delivers all that you are hoping for! She sure is pretty.....
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Beautiful!
I’m also on Bryants waiting list..next two years.
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Bob,
It looks fantastic ! A custom build is always an exciting
process - and in 5 weeks it will be in your hands. Im trying my best to make it to Harrisburg. My good friend Mike M is counting on seeing me and Id certainly love to play this new Trenier.
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