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Here's a few photos of my latest build. Nothing too fancy this time....OM size in plain walnut. Sitka top, Koa binding. I made the rosette with cut-offs of the walnut with an abalone inlay. Wipe on poly over shelac finish. I tried the drywall compound method of pore filling this time. It works quite well but pore filling still sucks

Its for a friend so I built it a bit heavy in case their young kids get at it. Even so...its has great tone and its quite loud, especially in the mid-range. I hope the bass and trebels open up a bit as its played in, but I'm quite pleased with this one

looks great, but did you do a french polish and then wipe on the poly or did you just brush/wipe/spray on the shellac. The finish looks really nice

Very nice!

Really nice!

How'd the walnut bend?
I wanna try that wood someday,
before it's on the Lacey act.
By the way,
how did you get the guitar stand attached to the wall in the last photo?

Real nice!
I've got a Walnut/Englemann with Silkwood binding in the works at the minute - sides bent like butter!

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

thanks guys. Walnut bends really well....smells great too. Its a nice wood to work with except for the pores.

Very Nice indeed!
I love Walnut!
it's very underestimated for a guitar tone wood.
It does smell great when bending & sanding.
Great guitar !
What's next?

Mike

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Mike Collins