First attempt at an acustic guitar

Great Job!! Thanks for posting.

-- Dennis Zongker

Gorgeous guitar! in your first attempt,you are already a Luthier Master!

-- Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain" Frank Lloyd Wright

Wow! That sucker is gorgeous!

As a player and a woodworker, I’ve always had the itch to make one. Seeing how great yours came out gives me hope that I could do it.

Did you make it from a kit or purchase everything seperately? Since it was your first, I’m assuming you must have had some sort of plan to work from?

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Barry,

That’s exceptional work! I’m still working on a Dreadnaught in spare time between other projects (bloged about it here too). A couple of questions:

Did you use existing plans or design from scratch?

How did you find the Tru-Oil to work with? What did you buff it with?

-- Mark, Webster New York, Visit my website at http://thecraftsmanspath.com

Thanks for the comments guys!

Charlie, I made this from plans purchased from luthiers forum.

This was just a pile of flat wood when I started except for the neck that
I bought pre-shaped but had to file and sand to the proper profile.
Also the bridge was bought the same way.

I used the John Mayes DVD series to build this guitar. You can buy them from
his site, or rent them from Smartflix.

-- BarryR Virginia

Wow, is that special. Your time and care show. Looks flawless to me. Fantastic project.

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

That sure is a beauty, an awesome finish.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Amazing job! How’s it sound?

-- Location: Lincoln, AL

Beautiful! I have always had an itch to make one. Curious… How much was the total cost? and… how does it play and sound?

Very nice!

-- jack -- ...measure once, curse twice!

My hat is off to you! That is an amazing bit of work there. I love it!

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://americancraftsmanworkshop.com

That is exceptionally nice!

I have had 3 “real” guitar players, (unlike me!), play it. They liked it with comments about
a sweet mid-range tone, and great sustain. Being an OM-14 style, you won’t get the bass and
power you get from anything like a dreadnought size guitar. Playability is something very personal for the
person playing it. One said the action was right on, and the other 2 thought it was a
bit high for them. But all said the neck felt good. This is adjustable on the guitar so I could lower
the action for someone who wanted it that way.

They were probably just being nice to me…hehe….

-- BarryR Virginia

Where’s my dreadnought?
Fantastic work !!

-- Router è ancora il mio nome.

amazing!!!!!!!!!!

-- Carolina Panther fan!