The one on the left looks Bandsman-esque and the one on the right reminds me of the Gordon Smith body shape, but with more sensible control placement.
Both comparisons are intended to be complimentary, btw!

next target 500,000

5,001
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Big congrats to the M&C double act that makes all the YT wonderfulness possible.  I’ve really enjoyed the Wednesday Workshops and the Saturday Sessions and the Thursday Good Ol’ Days re-runs!
 

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Like the outline of the guitars-from-a-100-year-old-door – photo is a bit small to see much of it though
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@rocknroller912
thats a huge amount more ambitious than my build #1.
and it certainly looks good from here.  Nice work!

@jamesbisset Hamer DuoTone https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/hamer-duotone-1 It’s a fairly unusual thing.  A very handy guitar to have around – previous owner swapped the neck HB for a P90 (BKP MQ), the bridge is a tapped SD, plus it’s got an under saddle…   Read more»

Thanks again Mark – that was a fun session – I’m now off to pack in the day job and spend my time in a workshop making guitars. I’ve heard the the SW coast of Scotland is a good place…   Read more»

D’Aquisto – shows that there are other options that are, aesthetically, much nicer! Ovation’s sound holes are all refreshingly different – and better matched to their guitar bodies – too. I’ve got an old Hamer that has a better approach…   Read more»

@frocesterbill To my eye, Bill, your design is much more in-keeping with the shape of the body, than sticking a designed-in-the-16th-century f-hole in it! It’s a clean, modern instrument, and the design/shape of the hole is consistent with that.  An…   Read more»

@markbaileyThanks for the reply Mark. Understand that the tailpieces are doing a different job, in terms of transmitting the vibration of the strings. I suppose I was really musing on the difference between the apparent strength of the fixing mechanisms…   Read more»