Show and Tell

Mike D · Post by **Mike D** » 12 Nov 2010 9:48 am

Haven't built one of these for a while now. This one just went off to Colorado.

Walnut with rope binding. Wenge fretboard, handguard and tailpiece.

Allan Munro · Post by **Allan Munro** » 12 Nov 2010 9:53 am

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Ach, sorry - that's what you get when you drool into the keyboard. WOAH!

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 12 Nov 2010 11:16 am

Mike D--still one of the most gorgeous instruments made. One of the others is the Frypan you make.

Mike D · Post by **Mike D** » 12 Nov 2010 12:47 pm

Thanks fellers!

Tom Pettingill · Post by **Tom Pettingill** » 12 Nov 2010 1:58 pm

Stunning Mike, absolutely gorgeous!

Jason Dumont · Post by **Jason Dumont** » 12 Nov 2010 2:14 pm

Oh Mike! That's freaking stunning!
I love how "discreet" (for lack of a better way to put it) the cones are. This is fantastic.
How the heck did you get the cones intere? I don't see any evidence of the typical access panel.

Peter Lindelauf · Post by **Peter Lindelauf** » 12 Nov 2010 3:17 pm

'Gorgeous' has already been used so I'll go with breathtakingly beautiful. Very nice work. Hoping to build my own lap steel this winter and it's definitely going to have rope purfling.

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 12 Nov 2010 3:18 pm

Beautiful!

Mike D · Post by **Mike D** » 12 Nov 2010 3:31 pm

Jason check out the third picture and you can just make out a hole in the lower bout. The well is open on that side and the cones slide in there.

This was my first time with the rope binding and I really dig it.

Peter Lindelauf · Post by **Peter Lindelauf** » 12 Nov 2010 7:54 pm

Mike, do you have a website showing your guitars?

Peter Lindelauf · Post by **Peter Lindelauf** » 12 Nov 2010 8:11 pm

Mike, do you have a website showing your guitars?

Peter Lindelauf · Post by **Peter Lindelauf** » 12 Nov 2010 8:13 pm

Sorry about that echo effect. Got a server error message.

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 14 Nov 2010 11:16 am

Outstanding work, Mike. A really beautiful design.

Mike D · Post by **Mike D** » 14 Nov 2010 1:10 pm

Pete, no not right now, at least not a current one.

Thanks again folks.

Tom Wolverton · Post by **Tom Wolverton** » 15 Nov 2010 4:05 am

I hear rumors that these sound fantastic.

Edward Meisse · Post by **Edward Meisse** » 16 Nov 2010 9:47 pm

Let me know if you ever figure out how to do an 8 string. These days, I really must have 8.

Bill Hatcher · Post by **Bill Hatcher** » 17 Nov 2010 7:34 am

outstanding!!!

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 17 Nov 2010 7:47 am

Wow! That's impressive, Mike.

Guess you can't ever swap out the cones!

Mike D · Post by **Mike D** » 17 Nov 2010 7:52 am

Tha's easy Andy, the trick was getting 'em IN!

Peter I built Howard R. a 7-stringer but that's about all that will fit on the saddle unless you narrow up the string spacing.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 17 Nov 2010 10:35 am

wow..that speaks to me visually! it says i can't afford it and don't deserve it anyway! very nice.