Another Acoustic Guitar

Another beauty, I really like you wood burning, the shading is perfect. it makes the flowers look so real.

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Very nice.

-- Jesus is Lord!

That woodburning looks like leather carving! Nice touch!

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

NICE !!!

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Very nice Bob

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

That’s very nicely done.

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

I still can’t believe that people make handmade guitars…. it just seems so impossible!

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Anyone interested in handmade Guitars look at this. You can also download some good free Guitar music here.

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

O.K., I just have to ask, but why can’t you use plywood for guitars?

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

Hi Obi, you can use plywood for guitars, the tone and sustain are not as good as some solid woods. Plywood just doesn’t vibrate the same as solid wood. There is also the tradition of using certain woods. Personaly I tend to ignore tradition and experment with local woods. The guitar I’m currently working on has Basswood top from northern wisconson. Italian Poplar plywood back, cherry sides and hard maple and walnut neck. The interior braces are ash.

-- Bob Morris, Ohio, http://www.bmcustomguitars.com

Bob, I was just useing the new shuffle feature on the site and stumbled on this honey of a piece. It is an oustanding example of woodburning. I agree with Dennis that it looks like fine leather. Great craftsmanship and thanks for posting this. Look forward to seeing more of your work in the near future.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

A very nice piece of craftsmanship Bob. Nice to know you can experiment and try other materials as well.

I can see Obi’s wheel’s turning now, how to make a guitar from Hickory!

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Very nice, Bob, I wonder how it sounds?

MsDebbie: it’s not impossible! just ask Bob here! Handmade guitars are something very special, something you only really understand after doing it yourself with your own hands, seeing how many painstaking hours go into each one, and then when you play it for the first time it sounds and feels better than you could have ever imagined! and then gets better with age!!!

The real value in handmade guitars isn’t in the price, it’s in the heart and soul that goes into both the making of it and the playing of it – and it’s something special to leave to your kids and grandkids after you’re gone…

Have attached some pics of my most recently finished electric which is a mahogany 38mm body with a book-matched 3mm maple veneer on the top, joined onto a birdseye maple neck, all accentuated with all gold hardware, 3x humbucking pickups; feels nice, and sounds even nicer, plays awesome…. I couldn’t buy a real strat at any price that would compare with this, it is a truly unique item which will hopefully stay in my family for generations to come.







(also a pic of a piece of 1/2” cedar which I have an almost identical pair of, to be hand carved into an archtop in the course of the next few months when time permits)

Once again – Well Done Bob!!

-- Skinna - Australia... I won't stop at murder if that's what is necessary to get the job done

I can compare it to flyfishing—catching a fish with a fly that you tied yourself is priceless .

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)