Finally. . . #1 finished

[kiwinoz62]

Hi,
Completed my first build over the christmas break (2 years in the making).
What a sweet sounding guitar, very bright & lots of sustain.
Compared with a factory made guitar their is no comparison, I don't want to put it down.
I took it to work & a work colleague who has played for 30 years was impressed with my 1st attempt, couple of flaws, slight fret buzz on the 6th string,
neck is abit bulky & then of course their are the mistakes I managed to hide.
All in all a BIG learning curve. . .

Anyway it's only a dreadnaught, but good for parties,
Materials are:

Engleman soundboard
EIR back & sides, fretboard, bridge, headplate.
Maple bindings, bwb purfling, paua rosette
Mahogany neck
Cheap set of machine heads
Durobond lacquer finish

[seeaxe]

That looks great Wayne
I really like the clean lines and big shape.
I would expect that to sound very nice and get better with playing.
The finish looks great too - what did you use?

One to be proud of, nothing quite like the first one! (until you finish the next one of course)

Cheers
Richard

[Paul B]

Feels good doesn't it?

Looks great, particularly for a first. Great job on the finish too.



So what are you building next?

[H3ytm@n]

Very nice work. Well done

[kiwinoz62]

Thanks for the response guys. . .

Richard the finish is Durobond 851 Guitar Lacquer (Nitrocellulose), same stuff Gerard Gilet uses.

Paul, I'm currently building 3 more, 1 dreadnaught & 2 cut-a-ways.
One of the cut-a-ways is for me the other for the brother-in-law in Brisbane (a love job for him).
Everytime we go to Brissy we stay at his place instead of paying Motel accommodation, so thought I would surprise him for his next year birthday(hope I finish it in time )
The other dreadnaught, see how I go selling it.

I have to say, the lovely sound of the first guitar has inspired me to keep building / perfecting & see where it takes me.