Island Bay Classic

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Island Bay Classic

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Nope, not a yacht race.

A new design, with an accidental (slipped router bit) body contour that ended up being quite unique.

This one's for my nephew for last Christmas. :roll:

Swamp kauri, rewarewa/black maire neck, Wilkinson bridge and one of those fantastic Dimarzio runout deals from Music Planet in the neck.


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Tasty as!
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Nice!
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Lovely... I like the jack placement :)
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:shock: I'm not a fan of the headstock, but everything else :shock:

Rd shape and curves, love the neck mini-hum, finish, looks great man.
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Thanks fullas.

I know the HS isn't to everyone's taste, but i'm OK with it.

The finish is a whole bottle of Tru-oil. Love that stuff.
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I don't know what you do for a day job Kwerk, but presumably you're wasted in whatever role you've been given unless it's luthier/artist. Great looking guitar my friend. The body has hints of Ibanez Talman which in my books is one of the better looking "modern" designs.
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Thanks, man, nice of you to say. Nope I don't work for Weta or anyone as fun as that, in fact my job is about as far from fun as it's possible to get.

The body is skewed/modified version of the body shape I used for my solid body acoustic build last year. That body shape was an amalgam of Tele, LP Jr, Coronado and Martin D28.

I'm not a Talman fan. :wink:
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looking good...any "snaking" on the back of the rewarewa neck?????
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willow13 wrote:looking good...any "snaking" on the back of the rewarewa neck?????
Yep. Unfortunately, not having used it before I didn't think about orientation, so it's on the underside. I'll be building another for myself, so I'll have it the other way round so you can see it while you're playing.

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Here's another of the back.

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The cavity cover was a natural hole in one of the slices of kauri I got from the slab I bought. Combined with epoxy, it was the perfect size for the cavity I'd laid out.

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awesome job, the rewarewa looks great, and that cavity cover :zomg: :clap:
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kwerk wrote:
willow13 wrote:looking good...any "snaking" on the back of the rewarewa neck?????
Yep. Unfortunately, not having used it before I didn't think about orientation, so it's on the underside. I'll be building another for myself, so I'll have it the other way round so you can see it while you're playing.

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I love the look of the cavity cover and the shell inlay on the 12th fret. thumbs up :D
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Love the honeysuckle. My favorite native.

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