I'm making it long and hard! and it's coming!

DJR · Post by **DJR** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 7:33 pm

good luck man!

neuro · Post by **neuro** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 7:50 pm

good luck bro!

it's a lot of work ... i built one from a kit ... rosewood back/sides with solid sitka spuce top ... but i let a local woodworker gloss the top for me ... me and a spray gun can never get on the same page.

... think i had about $600 in materials and tools by the time it was finished. looked good and sounded good i thought ... as good as any mass manufactured guitar i have played.

I sold it 4 months later on ebay for $970 ... took the $ and bought me a new Martin.

Snyder · Post by **Snyder** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 1:05 am

Oahu wrote:$400.00 after Tuners. It seems to be a real nice kit though, the grain on the mahogany is gorgeous and the spruce is bright and tight. Detailed instructional video as well.

They don't provide finishing instructions- that's going to take some work.

that sounds really sweet, I may need to try this out. Got any info I could look up on this?

Oahu · Post by **Oahu** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 10:58 am

You want to get a kit from Martin, http://www.stewmac.com, or http://www.lmii.com. Lmii is the superior and cheaper source so far as I can tell, but they want some more work out of you (shaping the bracing, etc...) Might be a good choice for someone's second kit guitar. The tool prices can be a little scary if you don't have access to a woodshop.

Snyder · Post by **Snyder** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 12:10 pm

Oahu wrote:You want to get a kit from Martin, http://www.stewmac.com, or http://www.lmii.com. Lmii is the superior and cheaper source so far as I can tell, but they want some more work out of you (shaping the bracing, etc...) Might be a good choice for someone's second kit guitar. The tool prices can be a little scary if you don't have access to a woodshop.

Thanks man, really appreciate it. Keep us up to date on how your wood is shaping up.

ryopan · Post by **ryopan** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 1:47 pm

man, im mega jealous. good luck bro. i bet its gonna be sweet.

Oahu · Post by **Oahu** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 2:26 pm

Thanks dude.

By the way- I got real serious to do this when I realized I could buy all the parts and woodshop equipment and make two guitars for the price of a Taylor 615- my next guitar.

Phan226 · Post by **Phan226** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 10:30 pm

your sexual innuendos never cease to amaze me

GSR · Post by **GSR** » Mon Mar 08, 2004 10:21 am

WHOA there was a little double entendre there....

Snyder · Post by **Snyder** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 11:43 am

Good thing about Oahu's threads are the way he titles them. I knew exactly what to do a search on cause it was so easy to remember his one liner subject titles.

So, Oahu, you mentioned in another thread that your friends need to leave you alone because you have a guitar to build.....

HOW IS IT COMING?

mikee · Post by **mikee** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 1:58 pm

I want pictures of the works in the making.....not just the original box it came in:)