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My 1st guitar has now been completed!!!!!

Click here if you want to hear her.

I've left out the fancy bits for now, I am still getting used to the slightly wider fretboard.

The mic only cost ?15, so it really does not justice to the tone... It really is alive. The mic doesn't seem to pick up the crispness of the trebles and the growling boom of the bass...bahhhhh...

The top is lightly braced, and seems more responsive than my Avalon.

Well guys, all I can say is THANKS SO MUCH for your help, advice and patience, especially to Russel Rose, for his invaluable help and resources, and to Martin Edwards who jolly well inspired and encouraged me to do all this stuff in the first place. it's all your fault, Martin....

It's a flipping milestone, innit?? Whew!!

Apart from a few finishing issues, my guitar is very playable!!!Sam Price38976.756724537

Cheers!! Lovely crisp sound, Sam. Kudos for you to stick it out to the end. We need pics, too!!!

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"Building guitars looks hard, but it's actually much harder than it looks." Tom Buck

Sounds great, Sam!
Pics. Soon. Please.

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Give me 50 cents worth of regular.
Check my oil too, if you don`t mind,,,

Very good sound Sam!
Of course we're all going to harrass you for pics!

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

Lovely sound and nice playing Sam, you can sure be proud, i know i am to hear another OLF'er's instrument!

And more pics please!

You must be so proud. It looks beautiful and sounds great too.    

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Aoibeann

Congratulations, Sam.!!!!   Big achievement.



Ron

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OLD MAN formerly (and formally) known as:

Ron Wisdom

Somewhere in the middle of Arkansas......

Sam,

Good stuff my friend

Pictures would be great also!

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Joe Beaver
Maker of Sawdust

Pix! Pix! Pix! Pix! Pix!

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

[QUOTE=Sam Price] it's all your fault, Martin.... [/QUOTE]

Huh!!

Story of my life!!

Always getting blamed for everything, I am!

It's all because I'm ginger isn't it.....








Clip sounds GREAT Sam!!!

Well done!!!!

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[QUOTE=martinedwards]

It's all because I'm ginger isn't it..... [/quote]

You lot are a special and unique breed....



Right then, y'll screaming for pics, so you can have a guffaw at a n00b's expense

The finish ain't very heavy, and I think I'd go for tone over finish anyday. I have played hundreds of guitars, and this little instrument really kicks serious bottom.








Okay then, I'm available for work as a luthier's apprentice, I'll just sleep in the corner of the shop on the dustpile...no seriously, this is a vocation I'd love to explore fully....

...kinda infectious, this Luthier's bug, huh?







Sam Price38979.6999074074

She turned out sweet Sam. I really love your knot work.

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Aoibeann

Sam,

Very nice. Well done. Love the rosette.

With the Celtic symbol for infinity on the headstock I assume this will be the first of very many.

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Dave White
De Faoite Stringed Instruments
". . . the one thing a machine just can't do is give you character and personalities and sometimes that comes with flaws, but it always comes with humanity" Monty Don talking about hand weaving, "Mastercrafts", Weaving, BBC March 2010

Thats a very nice guitar Sam!The rosette is especially cool looking,I love it. You know,I did the same thing on my 1st guitar.Left to many open pores.I should have filled them but I just kept spraying until they were gone! . Surprisingly it didn't affect the tone too much with a 1/4 inch of lacquer on it !    

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

Really nice, Sam. That rosette was very ambitious and it came out fine.

Ron

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OLD MAN formerly (and formally) known as:

Ron Wisdom

Somewhere in the middle of Arkansas......

Thank you, everyone.

Well, I learnt a lot. Now I can read the Cumpiano book at leisure instead of skim reading everything, because I feel I understand a lot more of the techniques.

The top already has a few dings...

As per Russell's finishing scedule, only 5 coats of Danish oil are on the top to allow the tone a lot of freedom. That is the price I have to pay, but it's worth it. I have had and played a lot of "pretty" guitars with thick mirror-like laquer, and now I am more set on tonal issues. This baby will have to be handled carefully.

Next time I would like to try FP.

Lovely work Sam!

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Joe Breault
Merrimack, NH
Perpetual novice

Sam, your baby looks great and i just love the sound!

I can predict more instruments from you already and would like to know what you will build next please?

[QUOTE=Serge Poirier]

I can predict more instruments from you already and would like to know what you will build next please?[/QUOTE]

At the moment I would like to make instruments I would like to play myself. So... MANY choices..

A harp guitar

A Celtic harp

A bouzouki

A guitar that ain't a dreadnought...

or an acoustic bass...

Seeing as the harp guitar will stretch my abilities somewhat, and I have not yet found a manufactured acoustic bass that seems any good, and at the moment I am not GASing for a new guitar (yet) I'm prolly going to make a guitar bouzouki.

SO when money is no object (it is at the moment), I'll get cracking with the second build. Sam Price38977.6407060185

That is so cool Sam, i'll be watching for the next build with great interest, thanks for sharing with us!

    Sam! Your kidding! Your guitar looks great! I was playing a Taylor a while back that had a flat finish which I thought looked great, but they fill the heck out of them. Yours actually looks like wood!

    I mean, I like the shiny and I like the flat. I think both are great, but one thing it's a lot easier to cover a lot of mistakes under a heavy coat of nitro, KTM and epoxy.

    I wouldn't be ashamed of that kind of work, especially for a first.

Thanks Sam

Billy Dean Thomas

P.S. You might want to put the strings on the right way!

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

Personally, I would rather see simple designs well executed on a first instrument.

Really nice!

Mike

[QUOTE=BarryDaniels] Personally, I would rather see simple designs well executed on a first instrument.[/QUOTE]

Guess I'll stick to my day job, then....