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For those of you who have been at it for a while you have no doubt seen it all before.

For those who haven't and are just starting off, this is what you can achieve in a short period of time with a kit and loads of help from this forum.

John

John: Looks good,congrats. Keep pushing onward, the FINISH line is just ahead....!!!

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John Way to go You must be busting to get those strings on and pick a few notes. I'm nearing completion of #4 and I confess I am just as excited as with # 1.
What type of finish are you planning?

Regards
Craig.

Hi Craig - The secret to my success is that I have been able to control my impatience, it has been a long time in the planning (nearly a year) so yes I am keen to get the strings on but if it takes another six weeks I can wait.

I have no plans on the finish all I know at the moment is that it will be brush on and water based, I am told I don't need filler on Mahogany - no doubt I will be posting when I get to that point. This forum is the the best place for advice I log on every day and get withdrawal symptoms if I miss a day

Thanks for the post

John

PS a year planning and about six weekend to build

Really nice job. I was contemplating starting a project guitar and invited my 2 kids to join in and do it as a family project. May I ask where you purchased your kit? Looking forward to seeing yours finished

Thanks,
Marc

Hi - Its a Martin Kit purchased from John Hall at Bluescreek Guitars - I also purchased a PDF book on building kist by Bill Cory. An internet search should take you to the respective websites.

I chose mahogany back and side as it was cheaper and as it was my first it was a case of damage limitation, I would use Mahogany again as it is nice to work with.

I started a blog but I must confess that rapid progress has meant it has not been updated as much as I would have wanted.

Good luck with the build.

John