It's quite a feeling playing a guitar you built yourself for the first time.
This is a Sapele/Sitka OM (slightly deeper body). it started out life as a kit, but ended up being pretty much my own creation. Finish is by Joe White. He does great work!
Features? Side Port, Headplate is quilted Sapele with a Cocobolo wedge and MOP "H" inlay by me
. Curly maple bindings on body, fretboard and headstock. Slotless bone pins (ramped and slotted the bridge), and last but not leat, an oval soundhole (I won't be doing this again :p )I'm very happy with the guitar. It's pretty tight (heavily braced, top a bit too thick I think), but I expected this, or at least I should say I didn't go out of my way to avoid it. My stated goal when I started building it was to learn the basic steps/processes involved with making a guitar, and to figure out what I didn't know (if that makes sense). I wasn't terribly concerned with tonality.. I figured I'd start focusing on that starting on build #2 and going forward.
As expected there were a lot of challenges, most of which I overcame. I want to extend a big "Thank You!" to Joe White, who went above and beyond helping me deal with a pretty nasty 'accident' that was going to result in an ugly patch. He saved the day on that (I'll describe that all in detail when another 'share your mistakes' thread comes up). I also owe a debt of gratitude to Rick Davis. He's been a huge help and inspiration to me. And it's worth mentioning the contributors to this forum (and the Kit Guitar Forums). All of it has been immensely valuable. ok.. I'll stop being sappy now.
Playability is really good (better than I could have hoped for a first guitar). Intonation isn't perfect, but it's darn close.. better than any of my store bought guitars (Martins, Collings, Taylors).
Here's a quick picture.
I'll take more and link a photo album when I get a chance. I wasn't able to do much photography today because it was getting dark, and we had some interesting weather moving in.
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And maybe it was a pain to achieve, but the oval sound hole fits perfectly in there 
really beautiful guitar, nice job!![[clap]](./images/smilies/smiley32.gif "adulations")
