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Paul Smith blue's bowl

Plain and simple, built for renowned Worcestershire blue's man Paul Smith.
Two wood fruit bowl ply top mahogany neck with button side markers. Two piezo's under saddle floating nail bridge, single coil mag pup with vol & tone.
Used Danish oil on this one for the first time, bye bye varnish.

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Comment by bouydog 8-9-8 on March 31, 2012 at 5:15pm

Thats my bouy Bob, he is one happy dog.

I am an oil convert, it's the way forward for me.

Comment by Bob Lumpkin on March 31, 2012 at 4:56pm

THANKS. Is your dog grinning? I used to do a lot of gunstock building & always used hand rubbed oil finishes. Several kinds you can use but all are better than sprayed or brushed on stuff for wood finishes. Just a bit more work to get it right, but worth it. Tung oil works well. Painted finishes are a different story.

Comment by bouydog 8-9-8 on March 31, 2012 at 4:25pm

Thanks Bluesheart, the way it enhances the grain is fantastic, the future is danish.

Hey Bob glad you like it, the tail piece is a sawn off bottle opener. No selector wired the mag pots and jack in the normal way wired the piezo's to the vol pot, all works fine.

Comment by Bob Lumpkin on March 31, 2012 at 3:47pm

I like that, the bowl reminds of the back of my Tater Bug Mandolin. Is that a gaint pull tab stop piece? COOL! How do you have your piezo/mag pickup combo wired? I see no selector switch. I messed around with that combo but haven't had very good results yet. Very nice insturment you have there!

Comment by bouydog 8-9-8 on March 30, 2012 at 4:13pm

Thank you Calim and Phillip I am happy that you like it.

Comment by Calim on March 30, 2012 at 3:36pm

i love the way it looks!

Comment by Phillip Robert on March 30, 2012 at 2:29pm

pretty guitar...°<[:-) [---]==={

Comment by bouydog 8-9-8 on March 30, 2012 at 1:50pm

Thanks Linda my imagination has no bounds, just slowed down by ability.

Cheers prof managed to get this one done without to many changes.

Thanks Vinylhed I hope Paul enjoy's it.

Comment by Vinylhed on March 30, 2012 at 12:39pm

Smart! That's a unique looking guitar.

Comment by The Professor on March 30, 2012 at 10:46am

I knew this was yours before I even saw your name. Great signature piece.

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