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Comment by Uncle John on December 27, 2014 at 4:42pm

Thanks for all the info, Dave.   Very cool axe.

Comment by Dave Lynas on December 27, 2014 at 4:22pm

Thanks guys. This is one of my best efforts. The crate caught my eye because my good friend and fellow "Procrastinator" (our band) is Doug Fairchild. I had to have that crate! The side you see here was very faded so i painted the type with oil paints and a tiny brush. My graphics background came in handy. The scale length is 19 1/4 inches. I've tuned it 5 steps up from E tuning (reg. 6 string tuning) to A. It works perfect for this guitar. Nice mandolin sound. This sounds good acoustic and plugged in. Doug likes it too. Now i'm done he'll do the final nut cutting to make the action just right and have one of my builds. It can be very loud plugged in. :^) Oh, and the neck came from my friend Dave Rodum in Georgia. He's my old friend from boyhood and he fools around with musical inventions and the history of instruments. He sent a big box of parts to starts of builds he was working up. 

Comment by Jim Morris on December 27, 2014 at 10:57am

Wow! That looks fantastic.

Comment by Uncle John on December 27, 2014 at 9:31am

Mr. Dave, have not heard much from you of late and wondered what you were up to.  Now I can see.   This is just my style and pretty close to wonderful.  What is the scale and how is the acoustic tone and volume?

 

Did you salivate when you found that box?  You found a great neck to go with it.