Acoustic Guitar Construction

After a friend spent a week playing my 00 he ordered a Martin style 00 with 14 frets to the body. He really liked the arm bevel so that is going in as well. He went through my wood and of course picked my favorite set.




He plays well and has migrated to more of a finger style and it was a major revelation that a smaller body 00 is a lot easier to hold than a Martin D28 while sitting in a chair. He literally sat for hours playing. I had to check the door when he left to make sure my guitar stayed behind.

This will be a pretty traditional guitar for me. I will add the arm bevel, and I will work in the bolt on bolt off neck. A bit more practice on both of those features.

Oh fun. Is that Cocobolo John?

Kevin in California wrote:Oh fun. Is that Cocobolo John?

Yes it is cocobolo. I am looking forward to working with this wood.

John: What do you plan to use for glue with the Cocobolo?

John, that is some beautiful cocobolo you found. Any plans to deviate from traditional inlay patterns, or does he want this pretty close in to traditional Martin style?

John, I plan to use the last of my LMI glue. My current guitar project has a lot of cocobolo and it has been bonding fine.

Daniel, He just wants the body shape\size with a 14 fret to the body neck. I am free to chose the bindings\rosette and inlay patterns. I have a large stash of amboyna burl that I will use. The binding will be ebony as I still want a bit of safety when making the arm bevel.

Ebony on cocobolo - can't wait to see it.