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Project by Bob Morris posted 869 days ago 638 views 2 times favorited 15 comments Add to Favorites Watch

This guitar is just finished in time to display at the 2007 woodburning celebration show and competition, August 2-3-4.
Sides and back walnut
Soundboard northern basswood
neck is rock maple
fretboard is rosewood
dreadnaught size

-- Bob Morris, Ohio, http://www.bmcustomguitars.com


15 comments so far

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Bill

2561 posts in 1056 days


posted 869 days ago

Wow, Obi will be drooling over this posting!
Nice job Bob.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

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Max

14441 posts in 1168 days


posted 869 days ago

That is very stunning. I hope you do well at the show and competition please let us know…

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

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Napaman

3488 posts in 972 days


posted 869 days ago

wow…amazing!! Does it sound as sweet as it looks?

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

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TheGravedigger

211 posts in 919 days


posted 869 days ago

I’m really curious how the sound of a basswood top compares to spruce or cedar.

-- Robert from Raymond, MS. "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is therefore not a practice, but a habit." - Aristotle

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oscorner

4572 posts in 1206 days


posted 869 days ago

Amazing work, you should take the show.

-- Jesus is Lord!

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MsDebbieP

14159 posts in 1056 days


posted 869 days ago

magnificent!

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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dennis mitchell

3789 posts in 1209 days


posted 869 days ago

That woodburning remindes me of traditional carved leather. Great Job!

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

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CharlieM1958

7641 posts in 1113 days


posted 869 days ago

Fantastic!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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Bob Morris

39 posts in 1267 days


posted 869 days ago

To Max, this guitar will not be in the competition, but will be on display at the International Association of Pyrographic Artists booth. To Matt and Robert so far I’v had only good comments about the sound of basswood soundboards. I will point out, northern basswood is all I use, from northern Wisconsin. We have a lot of basswood here in Ohio but it is not good for guitar tops, it grows to fast and is softer then wood from the north.

-- Bob Morris, Ohio, http://www.bmcustomguitars.com

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Bob Babcock

1808 posts in 981 days


posted 869 days ago

I was thinking the same thing Dennis. It looks like a beautifully tooled saddle. Very nice Bob.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

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jockmike2

7314 posts in 1142 days


posted 868 days ago

Beautiful looking instrument. It should get some kind of award. jockmike.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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Thos. Angle

4013 posts in 857 days


posted 856 days ago

Say Bob, that pyrography sure looks like a leather pattern. I never thought of doing it this way . Great job. I pick and have thought about adding some carved leather to my Ibanez. I haven’t because I don’t know what it would do to the sound. A really neat looking guitar.

-- Thos. Angle

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mot

4903 posts in 931 days


posted 855 days ago

Wow! Just amazing! The detail on the front is breathtaking. Thanks for sharing!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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woodspar

705 posts in 995 days


posted 855 days ago

Beautiful guitar. I would like to hear it. The pyrography, (I learned a new word,) is beautiful also.

-- John

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Texasgaloot

467 posts in 595 days


posted 536 days ago

That’s amazing. Very cool instrument (said in all humility…)

-- There's no tool like an old tool...

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