Jazzandmore
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Excited to do this build thread. Never seen one devoted to Hartung guitars
before or even heard folks talk about them.
For me there is an artistic aesthetic to Frank's work that is captivating.
Take a look at his Facebook page sometime to see the amazing originality of
his vision. He's a one man shop and does it all himself, including the
finish. And the woods he selects really stand out to me.
Last year I decided that I would go for a Hartung, and had looked at a few
for sale overseas online. They looked great, but I believe you KNOW when
it's the one thing you want. I finally decided to look at his Wood Page just
to see what tops he had available. When I saw this top I was done, over,
finished, I knew it was for me. So last year I contacted him directly about
a build and paid the deposit.
Below are several pics, the first is the top as I saw it on his Wood Page.
In this picture, he had put the template over the piece to show what it
would look like if cut out. The second picture is the actual piece of wood.
Gorgeous in my opinion, but it has quirks which I think are really cool
about it. The next picture is the top now that he has started the build.
Quilted maple top, mahogany back, curly maple neck, ziricote fretboard (end
closed) and some awesome neck inlays and few other features to be revealed
as build goes on.
So excited about this!!!
before or even heard folks talk about them.
For me there is an artistic aesthetic to Frank's work that is captivating.
Take a look at his Facebook page sometime to see the amazing originality of
his vision. He's a one man shop and does it all himself, including the
finish. And the woods he selects really stand out to me.
Last year I decided that I would go for a Hartung, and had looked at a few
for sale overseas online. They looked great, but I believe you KNOW when
it's the one thing you want. I finally decided to look at his Wood Page just
to see what tops he had available. When I saw this top I was done, over,
finished, I knew it was for me. So last year I contacted him directly about
a build and paid the deposit.
Below are several pics, the first is the top as I saw it on his Wood Page.
In this picture, he had put the template over the piece to show what it
would look like if cut out. The second picture is the actual piece of wood.
Gorgeous in my opinion, but it has quirks which I think are really cool
about it. The next picture is the top now that he has started the build.
Quilted maple top, mahogany back, curly maple neck, ziricote fretboard (end
closed) and some awesome neck inlays and few other features to be revealed
as build goes on.
So excited about this!!!
