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Thanks for all input guys! I’ll see how I go.. seems hard to find good quarter sawn stock.
Leaning towards a different timber at the moment after reading all this.

That’s what I was thinking.
Thanks for the reply.

Hey all, Paulownia as a top wood for an Acoustic Guitar. I know this has been brought up before and some people say it can’t be used and others use it but I have been asked to build a ‘sustainable guitar’ from recycled or sustainable materials and I’m interested in using paulownia as a top wood. I’m...

sounds great, looks great, well done!

I have the Kenovo one for guitar with the temp control. works great for me.

seems like it could be a little uncomfortable to play both left and right handed.. interesting though, keep us posted

impressive! great work

+1 pumice dust or if you know the shape of your headstock and you have a large enough neck blank you can drill a small dowel outside of the pattern to hold in place.

Thanks Lamanoditrento

wow - amazing inlay work!!

congrats! beautiful looking guitar!

Cheers Allan!

Thanks Rod,

My workshops in Cheltenham, so probably not too far away from you. Where are you based?

Hey all!! New to the forum - thought i would say hello and introduce myself. My names Matt, I build guitars in Victoria and have been doing so since 2007. Mainly build steel string acoustic guitars now under the name MJC guitars. Sure I've meet a few ANZLF members along the way. Hope to gain knowled...