First KMG Kit

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George
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First KMG Kit

Post by George » Fri Mar 29, 2013 10:36 pm

What a difference a kit makes. Ken’s kits are excellent and the online instructions are detailed and easy to follow.

I have an alignment issue with the neck on my StewMac Dread so I’m working on the KMG “OM”.... My plan is to complete both guitars and spray the lacquer finish on both at the same time.



First I want to show the bench I built for guitar builds. No more kitchen table builds around here.

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Here’s a series of photos showing the body going together.


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Going good so far.

George

dave d
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Re: First KMG Kit

Post by dave d » Fri Mar 29, 2013 11:16 pm

Excellent progress, thanks for posting the photos!

John Parchem
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Re: First KMG Kit

Post by John Parchem » Sat Mar 30, 2013 1:23 am

Great looking work.

Jackspt28
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Re: First KMG Kit

Post by Jackspt28 » Sat Mar 30, 2013 11:16 am

Very nice work , Love your well organized shop. What band saw is that ?,Looks very nice. Jack.

mike-p
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Re: First KMG Kit

Post by mike-p » Sat Mar 30, 2013 11:36 am

wow, when I saw the thread was hoping someone was going to be making beginners' mistakes like me. . . until I saw the table.

George
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Re: First KMG Kit

Post by George » Sat Mar 30, 2013 1:44 pm

mike-p wrote:wow, when I saw the thread was hoping someone was going to be making beginners' mistakes like me. . . until I saw the table.
Believe me, I've made plenty of beginner mistakes. That's why I pulled off the StewMac Dread build, so I could scratch my head, gather a little more experience and plan how to correct some of my mistakes.

Jackspt28 wrote:Very nice work , Love your well organized shop. What band saw is that ?,Looks very nice. Jack.
Jack. the band saw is a 14 inch Powermatic. I have a six inch riser block but haven't installed it yet. The saw was recommended by Ken and I'm very pleased with it.



I routed and installed the back binding. I'm still trying to decide about the purfling on the front. I bought some Zip Flex Abalone Strips but I'm not sure how they will look with the wood rosette. I'll probably go ahead and use them.

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George

Dennis in Anola
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Re: First KMG Kit

Post by Dennis in Anola » Sat Mar 30, 2013 1:57 pm

This guitar is certainly worthy of being built on that table ..........VERY NICE!
Just when you think you're getting ahead in the rat race, the rats get faster.

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