Acoustic Guitar Construction

This is more my style. I've seen Monte several times and every time is a treat. Sometimes I wonder if he's got 11 fingers on each hand. His other videos are worth checking out also imo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FnZ6ZIj4vo

I couldn't watch the whole thing honestly. Too reminiscent of Andy McKee's drifting which imo sounds much better.

So if this were a spalted spruce top then it wouldn't be a good idea to use the CA to reinforce it as it would stain it green correct? Are there any other woods that using the CA to 'seal' them with that are problematic also? I see a lot of solid body guitars that use spalted lumber most often maple...

"Spalting is a generic term for various forms of discoloration that can occur in wood due to invasion of the wood fibers by fungal spores, which then form colonies and continue to grow in the wood. Since spalting is a form of rot, the discoloration is usually accompanied by a degradation in th...

John, Loved the duet! I felt like I was sitting in a listening room like the Bluebird Café in Nashville. Made me wish I had a tasty cold beer in my hand instead of my morning coffee and were I not in my office I would have applauded at the end. Great stuff! In your earlier video when you were descri...

Just never could get my head around very light colored woods being used for fingerboards, I've seen some pretty shabby looking Maple FB's on Fender's -- but I am sure to some that gives a guitar that Willy Nelson "Trigger" appeal. Ken, Like you I'm not a fan of the light colored woods fin...

If you are using light bulbs instead of a blanket and controller you would want to wrap the wooden spacers with reflective material so as not to burn them up. A few years ago when I built a fox style bender I too thought the aluminum rods to be excessively difficult due to getting the ends of them f...