Little Red Neck

now that is a nice guitar. I’ll have to send this one to my cousin pat. he’s a guitar player.

i have already seen it denny and itsssssss…..........................its…......................AMAZING

-- check out my amazing woodburning , Pat

Hersh, you did a great job building this guitar. The detail is fantastic….... I can play ‘em….. but I can’t build ‘em. Beautiful guitar.

-- JJ...... I guess you could say I'm a 54 year old "juniorjock". — Make things with wood.

Very nice looking guitar. Lots of great detail.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Really like the guitar. I want to try this myself one day. Thanks for sharing it and welcome!

-- If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free! PJ O'Rourke

My birthday’s in June.

-- Jason, AL

mighty fine looking guitar.

-- Thos. Angle

Very Very nice. As a guitar player I appreciate the detailed bindings.

-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."

Hi Hersh,

This is a gorgeous guitar and I love the rosewood. It is such a gorgeous wood.

Thanks for the post.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

That is the sweetest redneck I’ve ever seen.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Hersh, I play a bit myself and I gotta tell you… that is one of the finest looking instruments I’ve ever seen. Just looking at it leaves me itching to pick it up and see if it sounds as sweet as it looks. I guess I’ll just have to take your word for it. <g>

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

Charlie,
Thanks for the good words. You can trust me, it is as sweet as it looks. I have had a lot pickers try to buy it from me, but that won’t happen.

Thanks again,

-- Hersh from Port Angeles, WA - Gotta Complete That Project!

Awesome job!

Looks great to me. It appears to be based on the Martin OM, right? You play it fingerstyle?

Rikkor,
Thanks for taking a look at my guitar. It’s not exactly like the OM or the any the “0” series of Martin. It is an original design by my friend Lawrance (Legs) Alice. It’s more like a scaled down “D” with a neck that has 12 frets to the body. The body depth is deeper than an OM. I picked this size from all the forms that Legs had in his shop. I figured that if I built this guitar and learned to play, I would have a good Dreadnought size guitar as well. And, I do have several now.

I’m not a finger picker. I play around with finger picking, but I’m more of flatpicker and rhythm picker. I play and do a little singing with the Washington Old Time Fiddlers Assoc., Distrrict 15, here in my local area of WA. Lot’s of great people and tons and tons of really great tunes.
Are you a picker?

Thanks again for looking,

-- Hersh from Port Angeles, WA - Gotta Complete That Project!

if this guitar plays half as well as it looks—-you have a beautful sounding guitar as well…wonderful!!! great story on the leather stain…

I have been to alaska twice…the first time when i was too young to appreciate it…and the next time for too short a time to appreciate it…one day I will get back…

Welcome to LJ’s…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

I do some fingerpicking, but it makes me feel inadequate. I am now pretty much all acoustic, though. I don’t think I’ve plugged in an electric for a couple of years. Hey – maybe I could sell a few and buy tools! My two prize guitars are a 1949 Martin 0-18, and a Gibson “Gospel” both acoustic. I have three guitars and a uke under construction.

That’s one beautiful piece!

Hersch: that’s kinda humbling. Excellent details. I may need to pick your brain in terms of finish… it seems a waste to spend 300-500 hours working on a guitar only to spray laquer on it. Would you mind if I contacted you about that?

Great job—Tear up the “High lonesome!”

-- There's no tool like an old tool...

Dats one nahyce geeh-tar… !!! lol… (sorry, I was playing off the name)... great post, thanks!!

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

Little Red Neck is inspiring and the name is fitting. Iincredible work on the inlays! So warm looking, just begging to be played. Excellant work!

-- "Creativity is...seeing something that doesn't exist already. You need to find out how you can bring it into being and that way be a playmate with God."

Really like the guitar.

-- jeanmarc manosque france

Lovely. The herringbone bindings are really sweet. You have made a great guitar there.

Since I don’t play I could never envision building one, but the process is fascinating to me. I get LMI and Stew-Mac’s catalogues and the Stew-Mac newsletter because I’m interested in inlay and all the cool and unique tools you luthiers use. Those silicon bronze Irving Sloane finger planes and purfling cutters seem cool.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Thank You Douglas,

The world of luthiers tools is in deed fascinating. I also drool over many luthier tools. I would not be able to buy good tone wooods if I got all the tools I need (or is that want). I have been told there are as many ways to build guitars as there are people building them. My friend who I learned from, built his first guitar while in Viet Nam (Air Force) with the following tools: Pocket Knife, coping saw, and a small block plane.

Thanks for looking.

-- Hersh from Port Angeles, WA - Gotta Complete That Project!

I must say, I’m upset I didn’t find this project a long time ago. What a beautiful piece of functional artwork. It’s really good to find another luthier like myself. Although, you have made a much more complex and challenging instrument than me!! Check out my bass on my profile.

I look forward to seeing more of your instruments!!

-- Lane Custom Guitars and Basses

Lovely guitar – well done! I love the rosewood and the story about the red stain :-)

Beautiful bindings too – much neater than my mando! Thanks for sharing it

-- Jerry, Australia