Acoustic Guitar Construction

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Been a long while since I posted. I finished this one about a year ago. Built from scratch except for the neck blank and the bridge. Padauk back / sides with ebony bindings and a really nice Sitka spruce top that had a great tap tone. Z- proxy pore fill with EM6000 water based lacquer. Padauk bridge...

Great job , beautiful workmanship. I love the maple! How does she sound? Jack.

My favorite cigar La Aroma Mi Amore. I have never had a bad one from The Garcia family , although they are a little pricey. Really nice flavor not too strong and good all the way to a nub. I Love a good cigar while out kayak fishing. Thanks for sharing, Jack. http://www.cigarsinternational.com/cigar...

That's awesome Ken , Good to see your hard work getting noticed! Looking fowards to reading the article. Congrats! Jack.

Hello Guys, Thanks for the compliments. The Norman Blake model is the best sounding guitar I Have made so far. I love the 12 fret neck and have Martin light stings on it.The tones are beautiful and it plays so easily. Mine is built from Kens template and has the 25.4 scale length. I would like to bu...

Thank you for the compliments, I need to learn how to take better images!. This guitar soundwise is the best I have built so far. Really easy to play and sounds beautiful. I really love the shape and size of the 000 guitars. I am currently finishing up a Padauk/ euro spruce 00-14, and a black Acacia...