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Author:  vm3usic [ Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:55 am ]
Post subject:  My First Acoustic Guitar
Hello,

I've been around on these forums lurking and reading various insightful posts about what it is to be a luthier. This is a post about the first guitar I made. I made it under the instruction of Bruce Roper of Chicago IL. Most parts came from Stewart Macdonald. What does everyone think of the shots that I got of it?

-Spruce AA Top
-Mahogany Sides
-Magogany Back
-Spruce Bracing (X-Bracing)
-Curly Maple Siding
-Bolt On Neck
-F-30 Body Type
-Mother of Pearl V Inlay (For V Music)

Image

new friend,
Robert Vavra
Author:  TonyKarol [ Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:02 am ]
Post subject:  Re: My First Acoustic Guitar
Looks jsut great for a first effort to me !! Same as my first acoustic, I kept it simple with no side, top or back purf . Routing that ledge scared the heck out of me !!!!

well done !!!
Author:  WaddyThomson [ Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:27 am ]
Post subject:  Re: My First Acoustic Guitar
Very nice first guitar. Also, welcome to OLF, as an official poster. Show us your next effort too, or progress toward it. [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap]
Author:  Fred Tellier [ Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:35 am ]
Post subject:  Re: My First Acoustic Guitar
Welcome to OLF Robert, you are off to a great start with that guitar. What's your next build going to be?

Fred
Author:  SteveCourtright [ Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:44 am ]
Post subject:  Re: My First Acoustic Guitar
Very nice, Robert! Love the Mahogany, great color. How does it sound?

Welcome to the OLF.
Author:  Dave Fifield [ Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: My First Acoustic Guitar
Well done Robert! Good first guitar!! [:Y:] [clap] [:Y:]

Bet you can't just make one...... laughing6-hehe

Cheers,
Dave F.
Author:  John Lewis [ Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: My First Acoustic Guitar
Simple, clean lines and very pretty. It reminds me of the older Gibsons - I like it. Make more man.
Author:  vm3usic [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:07 am ]
Post subject:  Re: My First Acoustic Guitar
It sounds like something sugar coated, very true sound, it resounds with power underneath the sugar sound.

I'm definitely planning to make more but I don't have the time! I'm going off to college in just two months and I'm not going to have a workshop in Boston! It's very disappointing. But I will be doing guitar repairs, hopefully. I wish I had all the equipment in my dorm room...
Author:  mateo4x4 [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:38 am ]
Post subject:  Re: My First Acoustic Guitar
Very well done!

Take a look around town for 'rentable' shop space. In Portland we have a few, ranging from artist's studio space to full on fab shop setups. Might be a really good idea to have somewhere away from school and studies to decompress once in a while...a chance to commune with the wood grain as it were. :-)

-Matthew
Author:  evanmelstad [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: My First Acoustic Guitar
College can be a great place for guitarmaking! I finished three guitars in college using hand tools in my dorm room and a woodshop on campus. I even convinced the school to pay for materials for two of them with grants for the Arts.

A half-braced soundboard is a good conversation starter, too.
Author:  Darryl Young [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: My First Acoustic Guitar
Robert, very nice guitar and great first effort! I really like how the mahogany turned out, nice job.

You have to be proud to build a guitar and play it yourself!
Author:  vm3usic [ Fri Jul 03, 2009 6:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: My First Acoustic Guitar
evanmelstad wrote:
College can be a great place for guitarmaking! I finished three guitars in college using hand tools in my dorm room and a woodshop on campus. I even convinced the school to pay for materials for two of them with grants for the Arts.

A half-braced soundboard is a good conversation starter, too.


Huh. I never thought about BU having a workshop! My highschool didn't have a workshop. That's very cool about the arts grant.
Author:  evanmelstad [ Fri Jul 03, 2009 6:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: My First Acoustic Guitar
I am fairly sure there is a woodshop at BU, actually--within the School of Visual Arts. You might even be able to score a student job as a tech in the shop. Good luck!
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