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Hey, its been a very long long time since I was last on here and as im gearing up to try and build my second, I realized I never did post pics of my first. She took me just under a year to build and I finished in March.
Here is the layout:

Top: Sitka spruce
B&S: French Curly Walnut
Neck: Mahogany (african I think)
Fretboard: Zircote
Headstock plate & heelcap: Macassar Ebony
End Cap: walnut
Rosette: Brazillian Rosewood
Bridge: Indian Rosewood
Finish: EM6000 Waterbourne Laquer

I got all of my wood from Exotic Woods out of Burlington Ontario. I would like to thank their resident guitar builder Joe for helping me so much from start to finish and also the countless people that have helped me on this forum. In the end im stunned it came out so well, what started out as a day dream of "i wonder if I can build a guitar" turned into a beautiful piece of work, i still can't believe I did it lol.....all on my kitchen table too lol.






In the end it plays great, its got a decient low end on it but its still a finger-picking guitar which is kinda what I was aiming for. there is more "strategically placed blemishes" then I can recount but it was a blast. thanks for looking

Heck of a nice first build. Way better than my first. I love the design concept. Keep up the good work!

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Very nice! And a +1 for Joe here as well

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Good job and good to see another Canadian on the OLF, we will have enough to take over soon. I will second Exotic woods and add A&M to that. I will be posting photos real soon of a Dread with top from Exotic and back and sides from A&M. It is great when we can avoid the border with suppliers, though Uncle Bob (RC tonewood) is still high on my spending list.

Three thumbs up for sure
Fred

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Lovely guitar Michael, first or whatever!
Another local boy makes good!

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Dave
Milton, ON

Great job Michael. It looks fantastic.

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Yea Micheal!

Looks fabulous.
What are the plans for number two?

Nice job!

Sounds like you have swallowed the guitar building 'hook' and it's well set. Welcome to the club!

Cheers
John

Great looking first! Nice work!

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That's a beauty, Michael.
I personally like light colored sides and backs.
Go Michael, go!

Interesting choice of fingerboard material, I have never coma across that before - is that more akin to rosewood ?

Beautiful colors - nice job

John

Very nice!!!

Tasteful yet restrained material and design selections and excellent execution for a first effort. Well done!

Another Canuck chimes in - very nice indeed!
Now I know what "French Curly Walnut" looks like....sweet!

Rob

Well done Micheal, looks great.

Nice guitar .. the sister set to that is on Stephen Bennett's baritone I built him

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Super job. Your first? I think that's amazing!

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great looking guitar.
It really caught my eye because I'm doing a OM now with a similar grain stripe in the sides. I hope it comes out as nice

Thanks for the kind words guys, I really appereciate it. StevenWheeler, I don't really know what to do for my 2nd, im kinda torn in between doing another acoustic or maybe taking a stab at trying an electric. All thats certain is my future father-in-law has a compression post off of his old sailboat that is in immaculate condition and its a 30 year old piece of african mahog. that begging to be made into necks. so my second may turn into a guitar for him. i'll be sure to keep the forum posted. as for the fingerboard; I think zircote is kinda like a rosewood but I could be very wrong, I ended up picking it because it has a feel of a rosewood fretboard but the grain and sap wood figure I thought would look amazing.

Nice job. I like the woods.
Pat

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