This Week At Scott Guitars - A New Batch

Final thinning a set of sides

I've been gradually working away on a new batch of instruments. They've been a little slow to start since I'm making some new rosette parts at the same time, as well as

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Two Guitars Complete - See Them At The GFA

The two guitars that I'll be taking to the GFA convention in June are now complete. Here's a little introduction to the instruments. If you'll be at the convention too, don't hesitate to introduce yourself and try out the guitars. I'd like to hear what you think.

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Used Guitar For Sale - 2009 Short Scale, Spruce / Indian Rosewood

Year: 2009
Condition: very good, no repairs
Spruce soundboard
Indian rosewood back and sides
Ebony fingerboard
Mahogany neck
632mm scale length
Sloane tuners
French polish finish recently retouched
Asking: CA$4,100 (US$3,800 exchange 11 May 2014)

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This Week at Scott Guitars - Necks & Table Saw Jigs

Neck shaping complete

About to finalize neck thickness and shape

The current batch of instruments is now just a handful of hours away from the start of the finishing stage. They've been fretted, had their necks shaped, and had all scraping

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Assembly Complete & An Intro To Sound Ports

The current guitars were both assembled and bound in the past couple of weeks. The cedar / rosewood instrument has a sound port, here are a few words about that.

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This Week at Scott Guitars

Been working away on the current batch of two guitars that will be accompanying me to the GFA in L.A. this June. The heels and head stocks are carved,

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Thoughts On Tuning Machines

 I realized that I have a lot of tuning machines in the shop right now, so I decided to write a little review comparing and contrasting all of the brands.

The brands and models I'll talk about are:

• Gilbert - gold base plates, snakewood buttons, black rollers
• Gotoh - 35AR510P-BB
• Gotoh - 35G1800H
• Sloane - leaf bronze base plates, ebony buttons
• Alessi - F5 ebony buttons
• Alessi - H2 ebony buttons
• Baljak - Mare Ebano

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