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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on July 29, 2010 at 9:11am

WORD!

Josh, you are a master builder and thus you understand how to build and build well. Not that I can claim the same level of expertise, but folks, you can make anything look as if it were machine built if you give what you do the utmost care and effort.

-WY

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Permalink Reply by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) on July 29, 2010 at 9:29am

Thanks very much, man, but I wouldn't consider myself a master by any means. That's not false modesty either. There's tons of stuff that I've seen out there that I'm just not in the same league with yet. I've got years to go and lots more techniques to learn and perfect.

Wes Yates said:

WORD!

Josh, you are a master builder and thus you understand how to build and build well. Not that I can claim the same level of expertise, but folks, you can make anything look as if it were machine built if you give what you do the utmost care and effort.

-WY

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Permalink Reply by Scott L on July 29, 2010 at 11:17am

This thread is useless without pictures :)

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Permalink Reply by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) on July 29, 2010 at 12:03pm

ROFL, here you go:

http://smokehouseguitars.com/blognewsroll/?p=2411

Scott L said:

This thread is useless without pictures :)

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Permalink Reply by Brett Morgan on July 29, 2010 at 12:37pm

Damn Josh, that's a nicely shaped neck, is that one piece of timber? I can't see a scarf joint.

Brett

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Permalink Reply by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) on July 29, 2010 at 12:58pm

No there's a scarf joint. If you look close in the following picture you can just see it where the grain pattern changes (gets a little darker).

http://smokehouseguitars.com/blognewsroll/wp-content/uploads/2010/0...

Brett Morgan said:

Damn Josh, that's a nicely shaped neck, is that one piece of timber? I can't see a scarf joint.

Brett

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Permalink Reply by Brett Morgan on July 29, 2010 at 1:01pm

That's the one I was looking at hehe, nice job!!

Brett

Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) said:

No there's a scarf joint. If you look close in the following picture you can just see it where the grain pattern changes (gets a little darker).

http://smokehouseguitars.com/blognewsroll/wp-content/uploads/2010/0...

Brett Morgan said:

Damn Josh, that's a nicely shaped neck, is that one piece of timber? I can't see a scarf joint.

Brett

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Permalink Reply by Scott L on July 29, 2010 at 1:12pm

Yes, that's a fine looking neck. CNC guys need to remember that fine woodwork has been around for centuries, long before fancy computerized mills.

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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on July 29, 2010 at 1:37pm

See, I told ya'll he's good.

But Noooooooooo. Nobody believes me.

-WY

Brett Morgan said:

Damn Josh, that's a nicely shaped neck, is that one piece of timber? I can't see a scarf joint.

Brett

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Permalink Reply by Bob Harrison on July 29, 2010 at 1:59pm

No machine can replace the masters hand.

In the early 70's or so C.F.Martin had a cleaver advertising campaign. There was a photo of an olde master luthier with a draw knife working on a neck. In the background was a CNC machine roughing out a neck. The poster said “We let machines do what machines do best and we let hands do what hands do best.. Martin is very proud of their master craft people, but also are proud of their roughing machines as well. Martin claimed this machine roughing reduced labor by 80%. After all it was claimed the last 20% that makes the difference on any instrument. Martin called it the masters touch.

So congratulations on building master quality necks 100% by hand without a CNC roughing machine. The way it use to be done.

Best wishes
Bob

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