David Houchens
http://bryceinstruments.com/
David, your guitar looks awesome!
Thanks Skip. This one has been a challenge.
David Houchens
http://bryceinstruments.com/
Hey David, if'n it was for me i'd be all over that geetar the way it is in your pic. Very nice looking.
Speaking of finish touch up work, are you happy with the O18T yet?
Pretty darn nice looking guitar.
Bill
IM(NS)HO
Thanks Dan and Bill. I'm hoping this one lives up to all my expectations.
Dan, one more coat then buffing.
David Houchens
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Don't wear out your buffer on the O18T, David. Feel free to let that spot blend in with the other 58 years of honest wear.
Hope y'all didn't get washed away last night with that toad strangler of a rain.
Like i was sayin', that toner looks good with all that fancy inlay.
-dy
Building rims for my first batch of mandolins.
Jacob Hagerty, Hagerty Mandolins
James Moodie #8
Michael Fraser #5
Jacob Hagerty #1,#2,#3
1918 Gibson A1
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David Houchens
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The latest batch of three being worked on in the Muleskinner Instruments shop. Some classic combinations and some awe-inspiring figuring on that back, neck and sides.
Heading to a festival in Southern Vermont this week (Green Mountain Bluegrass and Roots) and sadly these 3 will be hanging around the shop while I am there, but I will have a handful of Muleskinners in tow and a vendor tent in the festival grounds. If anyone is around, come on by and say hello and pick a Mule!
tent
Andy,
Is that a scyamore back and sides? If so, I'd like your impressions of sycamore as a tonewood?
Thanks,
Bill
IM(NS)HO
That sycamore certainly looks lovely!!!
aka: Spencer
Silverangel Econo A #429
Soliver #001 Hand Crafted Pancake
Soliver Hand Crafted Mandolins and Mandolin Armrests
Armrests Here -- Mandolins Here
"You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage
to lose sight of the shore, ...and also a boat with no holes in it.” -anonymous
Looks good and sturdy.
David Houchens
http://bryceinstruments.com/
Chris, awesome work! I love the fiddle design!
1) StewMac dreadnought kit w/mahogany back and sides
2) A5 mandolin from scratch — pictured is my first hand-prepared plate joint, using hand planes and rubbed hide glue, and no clamps (despite my trepidation, I think it’s going to be just fine).
—Prepping the planes, which were my late grandfather’s, took more time than the joinery. Soles flattened, irons lapped and sharpened, mouth opening set... this is a craft in and of itself.
Stew-mac lots of sanding ahead , but for a rookie it's nice to skip the carving this time .
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