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My son Will has been working on this resonator guitar. We bought it as a kit from Stew Mac and it’s working out really well. it’s a lot of work, but if you ever had an interest in making a musical instrument, this is not a bad way to go. Check it out here http://dorsetcustomfurniture.blogspot.com/2008/06/resonator-guitar.html
Click the pictures on the blog to enlarge them ….. Links to Stew Mac kits on the blog also …
-- dan,vermont,http://dorsetcustomfurniture.blogspot.com/
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11 comments so far
Woodhacker
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posted 133 days ago
Dan, this post and the blog bring back a lot of memories. I’d built several guitars as a teenager, but haven’t done one since then (some 30 years ago). It looks like your son inherited a lot of talent. Thanks for the post.
-- Martin, Kansas
tenontim
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posted 133 days ago
Thanks for the post, Dan. I’ve made electrics, but this is what I want to tackle someday. Got a whole lotta blue to play on one of these. Keep us posted on the completed project. Thanks.
-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com
CharlieM1958
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posted 133 days ago
Looking good!
As both a player and a woodworker, making an acoustic guitar is definitely on my “to do” list. Looks like I need to build up my small clamp collection first!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Lee A. Jesberger
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posted 133 days ago
Hi Dan;
This looks great.
Every once in a while the urge to make an instrument strikes a cord. (pun intended)
I would probably go with a violin though, because I can’t spell guitar.
Nice work.
Lee
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rikkor
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posted 133 days ago
Looking very good. Keep us posted on the progress, please.
-- Maplewood, MN
glennl
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posted 133 days ago
Nice guitar!
National Standard had better worry!
Enjoy..
-- GlennL, New Jersey
Douglas Bordner
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posted 133 days ago
The Mississippi delta is shining like a National Guitar— Paul Simon, Graceland
Nice work, Will. Thanks for the link, Dan. Stew-Mac has some great tools for the inlay enthusiast as well as novel work-holding methodologies that aren’t often seen in the more general class of woodworking. I haven’t entertained the notion of building an instrument, and if I did, I would have to post the blog on MetalTenders.com, as I have a tin ear.
Stew-Mac also has a free monthly newsletter with repair shop tips that can be a boon to anyone who pursues woodworking.
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
Hersh
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posted 133 days ago
That’s really a great project. Keep up the good work. I agree with Douglas, Stew Mac is a great source for lots of intresting tools and parts. What finish are you planning to use?
Hersh
-- Hersh from Port Angeles, WA - Gotta Complete That Project!
scottb
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posted 133 days ago
That looks like a great kit – and like something that might actually get me to make one, and finally learn to play. Cant wait to see how it comes out.
-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/
rikkor
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posted 133 days ago
Stew-Mac is a great source. There are some good kits (customizeable) at Luthier's Mercantile, too.
-- Maplewood, MN
YorkshireStewart
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posted 132 days ago
That looks beautiful Dan (& Will!). I’m looking forward to seeing the finished job. I have a pile of jigs waiting for me to set about an OM sized acoustic. I really must do something about that.
-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.