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Yes, I finally can say I have built a guitar!! - with tremendous help and wisdom from all of you awesome builders on the OLF. Thank you all.

I just got it strung up this weekend - it has been about 14 months since I began, and I know of about 10000 things to fix on my next one. But, it sounds great! Very loud and "warm." AND!!! It didn't even explode when I put the stings on - I imagine this is a common 1st build fear.

It is Sitka Spruce, EIRW, with RW FB and Bridge, Mahogany/RW nect, and all Maple for bindings/end graft. It is an OM that I based on my wife's Taylor 214. I need to still do some work to bring the action down, but it is not too bad as is. Oh, finish is TruOil - and I needed to put a lot more work into the top finish but I am moving out of country (off to BC) next week, so time was up.

Looks great!!!!!

It's still a relief to me when they don't fly apart when I put the strings on

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Very nice! i wish I could say my first looked that good.
John

Very nice job for a first, I can't wait to see number 10.

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We Bend the Wood, So You Can Bend the Strings

Very awesome guitar and a great feeling, too, I am sure. The wife obviously loves it. Nice.

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"Building guitars looks hard, but it's actually much harder than it looks." Tom Buck

Wouldn't that make it a GA, not an OM. Taylor dosnt make an OM.

And a new guitar is born, great job!

Joe

Wow!! Great job. Whats the plan for #2?
Oh... and an early welcome to Canada .

Hey, congratulations! Isn't it an amazing feeling? The guitar looks great as does the finish! 14 months is a long time to wait, you must be psyched!

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Burton
http://www.legeytinstruments.com
Brookline, MA.

Congrats! What a great feeling to have it strung up and knowing it will only sound better with time. It looks great. Where bouts in BC are you moving to?

Cheers,
Danny

Well it looks great! Bet that is a nice feeling to string her up.

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Formerly known as Adaboy.......

Thanks everyone for the congratulation words.


We are heading to Langley, BC.

And you are right - it is a Grand Auditorium. But I thought that was basically an OM.... How are they different in size? I ordered the OM plans from LMI, but based it more on the 214 since the LMI plans were not quite to scale.

Very nice, Congratulations!

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Very impressive for a first guitar especially the design details. Bet you can't build just one...! It's a sickness with no cure. Congrats.

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A person who has never made a mistake has never made anything!!!

Nice guitar, I hope you keep building in BC.

On my 1st I thought I had all the string balls pulled tight against the bridge plate, but the A string was not seated properly, as I tune up that string it snapped up into place and I almost browned my shorts. It is not a pleasure to hear funny sounds while tuning a new guitar more so ones first. After 5 complete I am still a little nervous when stringing up, but the first notes played are so cool.

Fred

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Fred Tellier
http://www.fetellierguitars.com
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A beautiful piece! Welcome to the addiction!

That's a mighty fine looking #1. You are to be congratulated. Nothing better than finishing, except, maybe, starting another!

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Waddy

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Way to go!! It's a beautiful guitar. Your work looks really clean. Congratulations. It must be a great feeling...

Congratulations.,,,looks,,great..way,,to,,go,,I,am,sorry,my,keyboard,i,broken.spacebar.dont.work.

Lars.