As I mentioned in the thread about my Oak 000, I spent a lot of time in the Philadelphia area (my corporate headquarters was there) over the last few years . As everyone knows this is only about 60 miles south east of Mecca...I mean Nazareth. In other words, I was able to make a nuisance of myself at The Guitar Makers Connection at Martin. I Have an overdeveloped drive to make something out of odd rejects and salvage, and that's how this guitar came about.
While I was at the picking room at the Martin factory, I got hooked on the 000-28 Norman Blake on display, 000 14 fret body with a 12 fret slot head neck. Since I didn't have hands big enough for the 1 7/8" neck or the $4k to buy one,....well you can guess the rest.
Back at GNC I found a set of sides originally meant for a 000-28EC (Clapton signature), a back for an HD28 and a neck for a 000-45s. Later I got an Adirondack Spruce top from John Hall to finish it off.
I finished it up a couple of weeks ago, and I couldn't be more pleased. The neck, 1 3/4" modified V (same shape as the Clapton 000) feels great. The sound is awesome. Moving the bride 2 frets further down the body make for a different sound from a regular 000 body.
Anyway, when all the part were assembled, this was the result:
I really like herringbone trim.
Not perfect, but each one gets better.
Jim Hall
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- and I sure would like to play it but I'm one of those with the big hands that needs the 1 7/8" neck 
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