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2010 Sexauer Dreadnaught
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I imagine I make a dread each year, but perhaps I skipped one or two.

I do go the Bluegrass Festivals some, and it is best to take a dread along as that is the guitar currency of that realm.

This one is new growth Brazilian Rosewood and very high quality Adirondack Spruce. I did it up as a D-28 in the pre-war style except for a couple of things. I used the modern backstrip as I didn't know any better. I also wedged it a little because if I have to play it at all that will make it possible for me to do so for more than 20 minutes before my back starts to cramp up.

A year after completion I noticed I had used my Advance Jumbo pattern, so it is not quite as Martinesque as I had originally intended. Perhaps it is worth more as a result! It is what it is, and the word "Cannon" does apply handily.
 

The follwing are pictures of the first coat of Oil Varnish taken January 27, 2010.
The color is pretty accurate on my screen in the burst.
I digitally lightened the back photo so you can see the grain.
The binding/graft picture is again about right. This wood is very dark.

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