Sheoak dreadnaught

[Peter Young]

As promised Kim ... some photos of a full sized deardnaught.

This one is a Maton size and shape.

Back & sides ... sheoak from Tim
Bindings ... tiger myrtle from Tim
Bridge / F board / H stock ... all from my stash of sheoak
Neck is rock maple from Carbatec

My son has a birthday in December so he ended up with a combined B / day, Exmas present.
Personally I find it hard to play now that I have played so many smaller bodied guitars.

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Who is this man .... note the classical pose .... despite his protestations .... he can play.

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As mention in another post, this sheoak from Tim has better tap resonance than I have heard from many other timbers. I know that Tim had some posted a while ago and I hope you have been lucky enough to score some. You will recognise it and know it from the tap.

Regards Peter

[DarwinStrings]

Nice looking combination of wood there and nice to see others putting maple necks on acoustics.

Jim

Someone please turn up the Tele!

[Peter Young]

Thanks Jim

I like maple .... it is hard but good to work. You can lay into it and not worry too much. It also finished well and feels good to play. I thought it may be too heavy but this guitar has turned out well balanced and overall no heavier than a Maton. Also, you can use it back sawn.

Regards Peter

[H3ytm@n]

Nice looking Dread...