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Swallow your pride and share your #1 folks! Lets see where we all started. Here is mine, its a Sitka/mahogany Martin Dreadnought kit I picked up on Ebay, the finish is the old KTM 4A some might remember. This was the start of my sickness. Like a lot of us I thought I could save money and do it my self.

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Lance@LuthiersForum.com

Looks great for a 1st Lance and regardless of what you spent making it, I bet she sure sounded sweet. Oh, and I also bet the next one was a whole lot cheaper to.

Cheers

Kim

Ok - here's mine.

Called Nancy, she's a 16 fret clear of the body guitar of my own design. 13.75" lower bout, 9.75" upper bout, 3.5" max rim depth. The back is 6 pieces of Brazilian Rosewood, the top Euro spruce and the bindings English walnut. Rosette and end graft are "Porcupine wood" (which I think is palm) and 5 piece neck of mahogany, walnut and Braz. The headstock veneer is London Plane (or Sycamore if you are North American) and the bridge a pinless one in Macassar ebony. The finish is Tru-oil.

Very crude but great fun and still sounds good.



Dave White39017.3686342593

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Wow Lance and Dave, nice first guitars! No, i'm not showing mine anymore!

Wow, it seems so long ago Actually it was just last year...

So no.1 was from scratch, stricly a la Cumpiano/Nathelson. Curly Cherry (Steve at Colonial), EIR binding. MadRose FB and bridge. Gold Schallers w/ebony, black horn pins. Finish is French Polish.







Alain Desforges39017.4960648148

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I'd like to be able to prove, just for once, that money wouldn't make me happy...

Hesh... That's not your FIRST!!!

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Wonderful guitars guys.

Craig Lawrence

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CRAIG LAWRENCE of AUSTRALIA
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Now THAT has sexy curves... Hubba Hubba!

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I'd like to be able to prove, just for once, that money wouldn't make me happy...

Here's my first... and OM named "Mojo" completed in 2003.

I bought the components from John Hall after he convinced me that I could do it. I fooled him though...I called him every week and got advice on many of the details to get/keep me out of trouble. The great part is that he always answered the phone! Thanks again, John!

Lots of mistakes but it still sounds and plays better than I ever would have imagined.

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JJ
Napa, CA
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Ah yes, Craig's first that looks like a hundreth... Gorgeous work Craig... Outstanding!

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Thanks for the very kind words Alain.

It's a great sounding guitar . We're very very attached

Regards Craig Lawrence

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Ha, Hesh, C'mon, the one with the little pickguard/bridge thingy was it, right? IIRC, that's a nice little axe.

Here's mine. It's LMI's OM EIR serviced kit, KTM9 padded on. Major goof, which I didn't discover 'til much later, is the soundhole is off-center by more than 1/8". And if you put it on its side on a flat table, it doesn't sit flat, wobbles. Sounds nice, though it still has its wolfy middle E.

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My first scratch built: This is the only picture I have of it here at work

OM 25.4 scale
Curly Kao top Paua purfling
IRW back and sides with Culy maple bindings

What the heck...Here is my 1st,It was a kit from Stew-Mac.
Plain RW and sitka. I finished it with Nitro. Should have been nitro-glycerin! No, it turned out OK and I did learn a lot.

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Clearwater,Fl. 33755

Here's my first guitar.....

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Rod, your first was a florentine!? Wow, you don't fool around do you?    Very nicely done too...

Michael, Curly Koa top? Wow, and I thought Rod had Cojones!

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Here's my first acoustic guitar (I built 3 solid body electrics from 1976 to 1980).

Anthony, that's a gorgeous instrument! Of course, I had the pleasure of seeing this beauty in person at Erie...

Say, where's the picture of that guitar with that gorgeous model with the red dress?   

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I'd like to be able to prove, just for once, that money wouldn't make me happy...

I don't have many pictures of my first. Here are 2--

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You all gotta be kidding me, those are some great guitars for a first try. Just wait, I'll post pics of mine when I get home from work. You can all look forward to a great ego boost by the end of the day!!!

John

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Oh my GOD!!! I never thought I'd see the day... Why is that guitar banished to the closet, my friend. It looks great!

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