In between work and play, I’ve been making good progress on a couple of acoustic guitars.  One is an OM model for a friend.  The other is a slightly larger Grand Symphony (GS) sized guitar.  Both have Indian Rosewood back and sides, with Sitka spruce tops. Sitka bracing on both of them. I should have both boxes closed up this […]

I have been woefully negligent in keeping my blog updated on these guitar builds.  Four months since my last post is somewhat embarrassing!  The good news is that I am building and playing in lieu of writing. So for a quick update, all three guitars bodies are complete, the necks for two are built, and one is guitar is fretted […]

With a little extra time on my hands over the holiday I decided to jump in to my latest builds. This winter’s project will be three acoustic builds: a Gibson-style 0-28VS Parlor, a Taylor-style GS-Mini, and another OM (probably with a florentine cutaway).  Two, and perhaps all three will be made with this Chechen wood. Here’s a couple of shots […]

I’m pulling things together for a set of 3 new acoustic builds. Hopefully small, medium, and large (parlor, OM, and Jumbo). So I’ve been trying to pull the wood together without breaking the bank account. I picked up 4 sets of sitka spruce soundboards off Ebay for a very good price. Here they are stickered using the spruce bracing that […]

Last week after jamming with some friends one of them pulled out a case from the corner and asked if I’d take a look at something. What he pulled out was a pretty generic Guild dreadnought that had seen some better days. It was obviously played hard over the years (1999 on the date stamp). Severe grime on the fingerboard. […]