George's 12-string Baritone Guitar

[Bradley Young]

Those over 6-string headstocks just make me want to holler they're so cool looking.
 
Very, very nice.
 
Bradley

[mica]

Body with rough shaping now:  

 That spot on the upper horn is just a rogue piece of glue.  

 Obviously this still needs a bunch of sanding.  

 There should be a steady stream of pictures until it hits spray.

[mica]

In the pipe clamps for the evening:

  And the cool peghead shape all cut out:

 That's a centerline in pencil and some glue smears on the peghead - they won't be there once carving gets a hold of it.

[jacko]

Wow. It's going to be a shame to hide that wood under the logo.
 
Graeme

[georgie_boy]

sorry Graeme, but I now think that this is the nicest Cocobolo that I've seen.
Truly beautiful!!

[jacko]

Boy. Talk about fickle ;-)
 
Graeme

[george_wright]

Yeah, Graeme, I agree with you about hiding the wood under the logo.  And then the logo gets obscured by the strings :-(.  I had hoped to have a cone-head with the logo at the tip, but I'm told that's an engineering impossibility.
 
But, even so, it's still going to be an outstanding item!

[mica]

It's in spray, but I always catch it wet so I only get to see the back:

  But I could sneak around and get a closeuo of the front:

  Your plates, including the beckside of the truss rod cover ready to prep for the next coat of spray:

[mica]

James finished the GEO inlay today, and should be dropping it in the 12th fret space before he goes home tonight. Here it is as of this afternoon:

[george_wright]

When I look at the routing in the December 14 pictures and Rory's December 27 pictures here, I infer routing for a bridge block, a bridge pick-up, and a neck pick-up.
 
When I look at the Spectrum description here, I'd expect routing for a bridge block, an HG neck pick-up, and two STR pick-ups.
 
What's up?  Am I misinterpreting something?

[the_8_string_king]

Holy smokes, George, your baby's lookin' pretty Fab-u-lous!

[mica]

Spectrums do get STR pickups, but on a 12-string, that pickup won't catch all the strings in the magnetic field.  
 
There's still enough room for a third pickup if you want it - just say the word.

[george_wright]

I don't think I NEED another pick up, and I'm not experienced enough even to say that I WANT a third one.   Let's go with the way you have it planned.

[inthelows]

What a beauty! WOW!!
NLP

[mica]

We're ready to cut the peghead out on your neck, but we need some more input from you.   In order to get a straight string pull on 12-strings, the peghead would have to be an unmanageable 14 inches long. That doesn't sound like something you would want.   Susan and Chip have come up with these designs, to keep it a manageable size. Hope you like one of them, the main difference is the logo position.