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povation · 26-08-2012, 23:56

Phase 1 - Bryan Kimsey Modifications:
Popsicle brace removal
Larger soundhole, 4-1/4”
Lowered #3 & #4 back braces
Neck reset
Proulx, 30’s pick guard

Phase 2 - Dan Lashbrook Modifications:
Tuner holes plugged with Pernambuco wood and step drilled so tuner shaft contacts wood and does not float.
Ivoroid Waverly tuners (given the Lashbrook treatment to reduce weight and strings attach lower to the face plate).
Dunlop 6105 jumbo frets
Pernambuco interior side strips added to treble side upper & lower bouts.
Ebony interior side strips added to bass side upper & lower bouts.
Smaller bridge plate to GE specs (using Honduran Rosewood bridge plate material, from Huss and Dalton stock).
Brazilian Rosewood Bridge - (OM spacing) 2 & 3/8" string spacing at saddle .
Full Set-up, with bone nut/saddle/non-slotted bone bridge pins
Finish on Top and Back has been thinned the right way, by wet sanding with graded P-scale paper from 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, to 2000 and polished.