Mike, that’s an excellent pic you posted. I’d love to own a GE but just can’t handle the neck. 
Show me your's and I'll show you mine
Love that pic Mike and that is a great story. A keeper for sure.
Nice guitars guys! I really like that backporch guitar and the logo. Never seen one.
I’m still pickin’ the D28 Marquis and a '79 D35. I’ll try to get a pic of the two together next time I’m home.
[attachment=0]DSC05969.JPG[/attachment][attachment=1]DSC05974.JPG[/attachment][attachment=2]DSC05084.JPG[/attachment]here is some recent pics . 1# Martin 2# and 3 is of the Fender 1989 Strat Plus and the last one has the Takemine 1989 . I enjoy them all but the Takemine is down right now as I am redoing a few of the frets and the nut .
I did not post a picture of my banjo cause it was short one string
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Here’s my D18GE (being held by my mom). It’s a guitar that I probably won’t ever trade or sell. Hopefully I’ll have it until I can’t play anymore and then I’ll be able to give it to someone. It’s a nice enough guitar, but there are always guitars that are better if one wants to look. This guitar is a keeper because of the specific memories I built with it. I bought it a few years back to take to my parents house when my Mom was ill. The weekend I picked it up it was right before the NCAA basketball tournament. Being from Kentucky, we are UK fans. UK was playing Florida at 11:00 or noon and Mom, Dad and I planned to watch the game. Game time was approaching and Mom hadn’t gotten up yet. To wake her up, I got out the guitar and started playing and singing out in the living room. She didn’t initially come out of the bedroom so I kept getting louder with each passing verse. After running through some more mellow tunes, she finally woke up during “No Sweeter Name.” As she walked out I was playing and singing about as loud as I ever do (the D18GE is a very loud guitar). She was still foggy from sleep, but got a cute little smile and said “That guitar is a beast!” With that, I had my first named guitar. Here’s a picture of my Mom and “beast.”
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Where in KY are you from? Lexington area myself!
Sweet!!!
Thanks for sharing!!!
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Where in KY are you from? Lexington area myself!
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Lexington is great. I still get up there to visit from time to time. I’m from Danville. I grew up there and went to UK and EKU. After that I lived in eastern KY (Allen, near Prestonsburg) for a couple years. Now I am in Texas.
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Where in KY are you from? Lexington area myself!
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Lexington is great. I still get up there to visit from time to time. I’m from Danville. I grew up there and went to UK and EKU. After that I lived in eastern KY (Allen, near Prestonsburg) for a couple years. Now I am in Texas.
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Very nice. I am actually from Nicholasville, so pretty close to Danville. I also went to EKU and then graduated from Asbury.
Nice to see what folks are playing!
I mostly build my own. Here’s my latest that I hope to string up in the next few days…
Beautiful! Do you have any for sale?
Thanks, John. Naw, I haven’t sold any, tho I am running out of space to store 'em. 
I will eventually have fix that problem, my wife tells me. I have another fancy style D-42.5 coming back from the finisher next week. Can’t wait to play it, too.
Very nice wood. Any chance you will post an MP3 of what it sound like?
Pretty birdseye and a pretty guitar. You have my curiosity now… what is a style 42.5?
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Pretty birdseye and a pretty guitar. You have my curiosity now… what is a style 42.5?
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I put pearl around the top, fb extension and soundhole, like a style 42. Just couldn’t stop there and added pearl around the back, hence a 42.5, for a bit extra. 
Ps I will post an MP3 of the cutaway as soon as the usb mike arrives here.
(Also, I could not find the model on their current website. Is that a custom model or an earlier model?) I found it they offer it in a sunburst or the flamed maple as you see it in Bad Shots pictures . it sells for around 1400.00 so it is not an entry level but a great instrument I can just feel it in my hands and hearing the good sound that I know would be there. Would really like to play one so I will keep my eyes and ears open and just maybe we will run into one . What they listed was a Blu moon BMS-JTMES jumbo. The flamed maple picture was just like Badshots .
The style 42.5 Dred turned out so nice, I decided to promote it to a style 43.75.
Finished the set up on Sunday and took it for a test drive. It’s Madagascar Rosewood and torrefied Adirondack Red Spruce.
During the set up, putting in the K&K pure mini.
Nice D43.XX. Can you tell any difference in the sound of the torrified top?
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Nice D43.XX. Can you tell any difference in the sound of the torrified top?
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Not in the least. To me it just sounds like any Martin-style guitar. I think the torrified tops/VTS are a fad, though I concede, I am not the expert. When working the top, it had an aroma reminiscent of the Pancake House (probably the caramelized sugars?). I was almost tempted to bite into it. I do like the coloring of the cooked wood. (Martin has figured out how to prevent the color shift.) There are stability advantages however to the torrification process, but I also used regular Ady braces that theoretically could age differently than the top.
Thanks for the feedback. I guess if it does nothing more than help prevent a top crack, it’s worth the baking time. It’s a nice bonus that it smells good as well.
Both guitars look like a lot of time and detail was spent in building them. My brother is a very skilled woodworker (mostly historic renovations especially timber framing). I keep trying to convince him to jump in and build a guitar. He wants to but says he never has the time.
When I look at finished projects such as yours and his, I see more of the craftmanship than the product itself. Good work.
I haven’t played a pre-aged topped guitar yet. I think maybe Bourgeois may have started it all or maybe it was Huss & Dalton. Seems as though all the builders are offering this now. I do like how they look more aged.