Moon Moon

"I'm a 37 year old fella who has been working non-stop for 20 years and I would not have the disposable income to go buying 800-1000 quid guitars on a whim."

Sorry Kev, was just a guess

A 16 year old to groom a 40 year old, yes.

Kev is older than me...

I hope you still love it in a month an end up keeping this one for a while... But if you do decide to off load it on a few weeks give me a shout I may be interested.

im not thinking of selling it but if your thinking of buying one your welcome to come give mine a try since I bought the last one in Aberdeen until one is ordered.

I love the sound of it unplugged and plugged in but I really can't project my percussiveness if that's a word. The pickup just doesn't pick it up!

Well they weren't going to and they didn't have too.

Bought a martin lx1e today, love it.

You love hammering a point home five or six times don't you?

he needs to shut up

I wonder who hand picked it.

your ma  i believe 

This thread wasn't what I wanted it to be...

That all sounds really great, except the French polish - a shellac finish will be too thin. Looks good on a cabinet, but will start to look like shit pretty quickly on an instrument. Only advantage is that it's a cheap process, but it won't give your guitar much protection. Get the guy to varnish it, or keep him on retainer to touch up all the scratches.

i thought a thin finish would let the wood breath more? I don't mind about damage, I know a local guy who can touch it up for me if need be.

so the guitar is based on a martin 0028vs. that's a parlour body with a slotted headstock. The builder is being a gent and doing all AAA tone woods. its a 41mm neck width and a c profile neck. i still need to buy a pick-up for it, im looking at the fishman matrix.

 

 

 

so the specs are;

• AAA sitka spruce top
• solid indian rosewood back and sides
• solid flamed maple wedge in the back
• solid maple binding
• 1 piece ebony fretboard
• ebony bridge
• hand picked UK mahogany for the neck and headstock 

 

And he's also french polishing it!!!

It's this one:

http://www.simonandpatrick.com/woodlandprofolk.htm

I don't really care about specs too much. I just wanted a really nice playing guitar with a specific sound (nice and bright trebles for fingerpicking, not too bass heavy) and spent a great afternoon in Celtic Chords trying all their ones out until I found one I liked.

sounds nice, I'm a fan of folk/ parlour bodies more than any other type

I think it's a good opportunity for me whilst ive got nothing else to pay for ive got the cash for this. I just need to buy a case to get it shipped in

Really I'm just trying to get all my gear sorted while I can still afford it.

Totally fucking Orson Welles, but why?

not an acoustic. Probably an arch top or hollowbody

Totally fucking Orson Welles, but why?

not an acoustic. Probably an arch top or hollowbody

Already looking into another build after this one!

No he's still building. Just not as much. If this build works out ive got an idea for another acoustic