Acoustic Guitar Construction

Hey guys! I've been thinking of building an acoustic for a while now and I've heard nothing but awesome reviews about KMG success kits. Would like to hear more stories of those who have used the kits for their first time.

Was also wondering what additional tools I would need to buy (eg. trim router, files, clamps etc.? The success kits don't cover everything do they?

If someone could give my a list of all the essentials tools they think I would need, that'll be awesome.

Thanks!

P.S. not sure if this is in the right section of the forum, please let me know if it's not.

Hi Dylan - welcome to the Forum. You're in for a good time with your project. I teach students in my home shop, using the kits from Ken, and they have all turned out very well.

If I were you, I might go through the online manual, step-by-step, and ask yourself what tool is needed, make a list. If you could, share the list with us and there are recommendations we can make to help you out.

Also check out the bottom of this page; Ken has already listed tools that will be necessary/useful.
http://www.kennethmichaelguitars.com/ki ... ckage.html

Check out the forum gallery section and construction logs there's bunch of KMG's in the mix.

So Dylan -- have you already purchased the guitar kit?

As compared to the KMG packages -- you can expect to pay about $1100 more (after you purchase the kit) for the tool and fixture recommendations/requirements made by LMII, Stew Mac (not including a real mold) and the ebay sellers. About $1700 total for a Rosewood guitar!! KMG Rosewood "Complete Success Kit" is about $755 plus shipping.

In other words the whole idea behind the "Success Kit" is to eliminate the all the wasted time, energy, confusion, and uncertainty of trying to construct an acoustic guitar for the first time. Everything is defined -- including the assembly process. With compatible tools, fixtures and kit -- its easier than you might think.