walnut, maple, and sitka guitar

Gorgeous. I so want to build one myself!

Interesting choice for the back and sides…walnut is not a traditional choice, but it sure is pretty!

-- jay, www.allaboutastro.com

Really nice would love to add this to my collection. Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

Very nice. I especially like the flamed maple headstock. I’ll bet “wildWOOD flower” sounds really good on it. You must make some wooden picks for it.

I really like the neck. I have always wanted to build one. Did you make it in a class or did you read on how to build guitars?

-- Chuck

Great job, especially considering all the custom work you did on it!

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

Nice job. Will there be more guitars?

-- Wes Giesbrecht http://www.wesgiesbrecht.com/index.htm

Unbelievable. That’s one beautiful guitar.

-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog

Very nice job. I was wondering, Did you taper the body? Thicker at the end and thinner near the neck?

-- The smell of wood, coffee in the cup, the wife let's me do my thing, the lake is peaceful. http://gagnerwebsite.com/Deceiver/Craftsman_on_the_lake/Craftsman_on_the_lake.html

jay – i didn’t want to have alot invested in this instrument, since i wasn’t sure how it would turn out. that’s why i used walnut rather than a more traditional wood like rosewood or mahogany. however, walnut does have good tonal properties, so it’s a suitable wood to use.

chuck – i purchased the book “the guitar makers manual” by jim williams from grizzly. i highly recommend it, it’s more of technical manual than a woodworking book, it was a good reference whenever i had a question about a technique or measurement.

wes – i built this one as a collaboration with a semi-pro guitar player friend of mine. he wants to demo/sell them for me, and help on some of the designs. i’ve got some furniture work to take care of first, but i plan on starting another guitar after that.

craftsman – it has a uniform depth of 5” across the body. the taper must be a camera angle trick or something.

I thought the uniform depth might be the illusion of the camera. Guitars have a taper from end to neck. Thinner at the neck end.

-- The smell of wood, coffee in the cup, the wife let's me do my thing, the lake is peaceful. http://gagnerwebsite.com/Deceiver/Craftsman_on_the_lake/Craftsman_on_the_lake.html

wow thats beautiful if it sounds as good as it looks, it’ll sound great then!!

-- Todd

VERY COOL !!!!

-- tn hillbilly.." tryin to do the best i can with what i got "

Very nice. Definately on my to do list.

-- Shrub G. , Dalton Georgia