Can you apply an oil finish like tru-oil after this?

Lovely performance;lovely guitar.

Ah thank you Jeff, you answered the exact question I had (do I need to use the Ilva thinner to clean the gun). I was surprised to see you use Vaseline. Is there any risk that it could contaminate the finish?

Lindsay, friend of Matt Chulka here and owner of two beautiful Froggy Bottom guitars from his shop. My wife grew up with Ed Putney who owns Eddie's guitars, and as hesitant as I was to first go in there, she pushed me a little, and I am so glad to this day that I did. Amazing to me that so many of the guitars that you featured in your video were headed for Eddie's guitars, but then again, I should not be surprised. When I landed my Froggy Bottom model F, Matt brought in for me to compare four other guitars. Santa Cruz, Collings, Goodall, and Bourgeois, all in the same price range as the Froggy Bottom. I also had my treasured 1976 Martin d28 that I bought brand new for comparison. At the end of the 4 hours of testing guitars it was no question for me and my ear, the Froggy Bottom model f was the one that spoke to me. Played that thing for well over 6 months everyday and so fell in love with it that I asked Matt one day, what would you get to complete a froggy bottom collection if you had one and wanted another? Matt, without hesitation said, if I had your model f, then I would get a model c to compliment it. So, I sold my Martin and several other guitars to fund the model c, which we had the guys at froggy make to match my model f. What a wonderful experience working with Matt! As a side note, I've got an appointment with Matt in the next week or two to go in and play that Blind guitar as well as a Circle Strings dreadnought that was not in your video but is also made with mahogany from the tree! Thanks for such a great video and all the best in your music making!

Thank you Lindsay for a behind the scenes look and your interviews with these artists. It’s great to hear their thoughts and ideas. We are living in a wonderful time of the explosion of creativity in the development of the acoustic guitar.

So you have a demo video of the black Friday deal on the sinker mahogany and sitka? Good price. Just have a hard time buying something sight unheard or seen irl.

Wow, it's a lot of time saved. I guess that includes the liquid pigment. Thank you, it's really appreciate.

I'm not sure i explained it well. Can you mix colortone with Silvertipe epoxy & if yes, can you mix too with Ilva Polyurethane? Thanks

Is it possible to tint Silvertip epoxy with Stewmac Colortone liquid stains? Thanks

Purdy x 3

Very long video. Could be much more shorter. Some cuts are realy necessary.

Thank you Jeff for sharing your process and tools to achieve this finish! What do you find your finish thickness to be with the process you’ve described for polyurethane?

Great playing and a very nice sounding guitar !

You really mix the epoxy for an hour?

Man, that's nice. Beautiful playing too.

Beautiful, thanks for sharing ❤

Nice to see attention to detail on the parts you don’t see. Reminds me of how the finest watchmakers will guilloché the gears of a closed case watch.

Lindsay makes it sing!

Great guitar! Brilliant to hear N 50-50 again, such a great tune, performed wonderfully.

Very fluid peice, excellent

Thank you Jeff for these. Please keep them coming

Hi Jeff! Great to see Your professionell work! A question: I bought a Martin HD28 two years ago. A black spot 7-8 centimeters has appeared on the soundboard top where I rest my arm. Normal ? Glad for an answer! Kind regards Peters Övik Sweden

Great interview

I really appreciate you posting posting your technique. I won your finishing course on Robert Obrians live show but never got to see it.

That is an awesome, outstanding guitar! Great playing also!

You're Right!

Thanks for the quick reply!!

Great Information. One question about urathane vs lacquer - if there's a crack in wood or other repair that requies sanding back to bare wood, can you make the patch with Urethane invisibile the same way you can with lacquer? I guess the question is whether a urethane patch "dissolves" and blends with the original finish the way lacquer will? Thanks so much!

You sir are a genius, I particularly like the tip on using naphtha to see how the clear coat will turn out. Thank you for sharing!

So, you are using some of the techniques that they use when finishing a surf board! Great video, keep them coming...

Super useful stuff! As an Italian guitar maker I always struggle finding the commercial name for naptha here in europe (it doesn't exist apparently under that description). Do you have any suggestions on what the product is actually called out here? Unfortunately the american name resembles some of our words for different chemicals, causing a lot or confusion... thanks! 👍

how long you play guitar?

Great Guitar, of course, and wonderful performance by Travis!!

This is a masterpiece of luthiery! Such exquisite craftsmanship and sonically beyond belief, even coming via KZbin (I am listening with decent headphones yet few guitars sound like that and I’ve listened to several hundred with these same headphones!) Also great to hear your wonderful playing!!

Extraordinary guitar!!! I live near Brickhouse and am looking forward to giving this a play.

Well they didn’t saw your guitar in half, put liquids on it, or did the drop test!!😊

All the best Oboes are also made from African Blackwood.

I’ll take all of those please!😅 I really like the “the Tree” dreadnought.

Roger! Well played on a great guitar. Good to see you if only on KZbin!

wonderful guitars built by wonderful players = are always a solid win. Ill start buying lotto tickets. Great vid Jeff

Truly a work of art.

great sounding guitar and played by a very talented musician.

Is this sold?

Damn dude

Walnut is similar to Mahogany but with a less pronounced mid-range. Great bass. I think it would be fine

Wonderful, what strings are those?

Wonderful sound! Do you think Walnut back and sides sounds also good on a Jumbo sized guitar, where I do here and there fingerpicking?

Not making a guitar so not sure why im watching this

JJ: when you're mixing the resin, hardener and thinner, what is the total volume needed for the base build coat, and for the finish coats? Cheers!

Music companies need to stop saying " tobacco sunburst " its stupid its " brown" or " amber " tobacco doesnt explode its smokes.