One of my kids was wanting a classical guitar so I thought it would be fun to give one a try since I mostly have built steel string guitars. This one is Engelmann on Zebrawood. It has East Indian Rosewood finger board and bridge, carbon fibre re enforced Curly Maple neck. Bracing is Sitka based on Bogdanovitch's book. Maple and Zebrawood Rosette and Gotoh tuners. Nitrocellulose lacquer(unfortunatly). I would have liked to have given a go at French Polish. I wanted a bit tougher finish for my 13 year old daughter to use and abuse. She'll be mostly playing pop music and singing, which is just fine. Maybe the next one will see FP. This was a really enjoyable build. I took the easy route and did a bolt on neck. I'm glad I did as I set the action too high and had to take the neck off for a reset. Most everything else went pretty well. I was a little small short on the peg head. The tuners just fit. I would add at least 1/2" to the next one. I also could have used a either a little less headstock angle or deeper slotting. The strings are touching a bit. I would have liked to have gotten the bridge a little lighter. I couldn't get it under 24 grams. Well I guess I could have but I would have had to hollow it out.
I'm happy with the tone. It seems to be very bright and well balanced. I'm looking forward to trying different strings. It's a little light on the bass but has cheap strings on now for setup. I'm also looking forward to playing the heck out and hearing it open up.
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Thanks for looking and I would welcome any critique.
Cheers,
Danny
Actually, the neck was destined to be wood flooring stair bullnose. I rescued it from one of my friends who manufactures flooring here. The Zebrawood is from PJ White in Vancouver.![[:Y:]](./images/smilies/smiley20.gif "Thumbs Up")
