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This is my first guitar - built from a solid mahogany plank with a spalted maple face plate. Built from instructions purchased from Martin Koch.

Your first? Amazing and better than many on sale in music stores. Do you have a lot of woodworking experience? I have none but managed to build a solid cherry grandfather clock a few years back. Nice to build something that makes music!


Greg

What was the final expense for your 1st, and usually costliest build, Richard?

Pretty!!

Very nice, Richard! I like how the binding contrasts with the wood color.

Ron Whitfield wrote:What was the final expense for your 1st, and usually costliest build, Richard?

I had to buy a few guitar-specific tools: fret saw, nut files, some router bits, etc. I don't count the cost of tools. Materials cost me about $250. Could have been a little less, but I used a juicy-looking piece of Mahogany. The instructions showed gluing together two 3/4" (cheaper) pieces of wood but I used a solid 1-1/2" slab that was over $50 all by itself.

Pretty good for a first try....or 10th. The spalt gives an interesting look to the top.

What kind of pickup do you have in there?

What tuning and what style of music will you be using?

nice!!! congrats

Stephen Abruzzo wrote:Pretty good for a first try....or 10th. The spalt gives an interesting look to the top.

What kind of pickup do you have in there?

What tuning and what style of music will you be using?

It's got a vintage-type telecaster-type generic pickup in it now. I can change it pretty easily if it doesn't work out.

I'll probably use C6 tuning for some good ole' syrupy country music. I'm a COP (certified old person) and pretty new to steel guitar, so anything played on it right now won't be played very well.

How about a few more pix (back, etc.)? After all, we are all voyeurs at heart, aren't we?

really nice!
the tele cover looks good too.

Nice job Richard!

That is beautiful.