So this should look pretty fine with some finish applied. The top seems to be of higher quality than what came with the previous kits, with fairly straight and tight grain lines and lots of cross silking.
The peghead overlay and the V-shaped infill for the tail block join are synthetic, too – probably some sort of shiny black plastic or fibreboard, but it’s hard to tell. Understandably, the rosewood veneer is no longer included and both this kit’s fingerboard and bridge are Richlite rather than wood. My first kit also came with a rosewood peghead veneer, an ebony fingerboard and an ebony bridge. The kit arrives in a box roughly the size of a small combo, and contains all the key bits you’ll need to build your own acoustic The 12-fret didn’t turn out particularly well but, having been dragged from the dry heat of LA through the freezing winters of Chicago to the humidity of New York, that second Martin kit has acquired the tone and road weary grace of a fine vintage acoustic. Since then I’ve built two further acoustics – another Martin 000 kit for my niece and a 12-fret slot head kit from Stewart-MacDonald.
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On the plus side, Rod is putting it to much better use that I could anyway… Every time I play it since I handed it on, however, I come away kicking myself for letting him talk me into selling it – it’s matured into a gorgeous sounding guitar. I’m happy to say that it’s still going strong today, and is now in the hands of The Guitar Magazine’s Chord Clinic guru, Rod Fogg. The subject of what you should do if you would like one of these instruments is covered on the FAQ page.All the way back in 2001, I built my first ever acoustic guitar from a Martin Guitar Kit – long (very long!) time readers might even remember that the process was chronicled in the pages of this very magazine at the time. Violin plans is the website of Roy Courtnall Summerfield.Ī note for musicians: I generally do not build instruments on commission, but that doesn't mean you can't own one of these beautiful instruments. Another good source of acoustic guitar and Also please note that the plans themselves mayįor plans for standard or historical instruments please check outĪnd the Other Sources of Instrument Plans sections of the GAL Any feedback you can provide willīe much appreciated. Only so much information on possible improvements and enhancements IĬan get out of the handful I build. These instruments I would love to hear from you about it. The downloadable copyrighted instrument plans are available for non-commercial use only and may not be redistributed. The PDF plans have all of theĭetails superimposed on a single page and so can be tough to look at. Postscript printers are generally the best in that Your printer printed the plans at the correct size. Plans it would be a good idea to measure the printed rulers to be sure Sides and the tiled plans are printed over a grid. Note that the PDF plans have rulers printed down the Be sure to print out PDFs with Page Scaling on the print dialog set to "none". These places can usually print pages at least 36" wide. These days large format PDFs can be printed out cheaply at any copy store or office supply store. Viewed and printed out using the Adobe Acrobat reader, but you’ll needĪ large format printer to print the plans out. The plans are available as full-size PDFs. These useful points of departure for their own designs, too.
The plans are not for beginners, butĮxperienced luthiers will have no problem with them as is, and may find Here are brief descriptions, photos, and plans for a few of my
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