Acoustic 000 Build..

philbool · April 17th, 2008, 02:52 PM

Hello everyone..

I have been busy working on a stewmac 000 acoustic kit for the past few weeks and its t nearly done so i thought i would post some pics of it.

I did not get any pics of the building of the sides or gluing of the top, back, finger board and setting of the neck due to working elsewhere and forgetting the camera.

philbool · April 17th, 2008, 02:56 PM

I also used purple heart for the binding made up by Dave Oddy a local luthier.

philbool · April 17th, 2008, 03:00 PM

I have started to spray the guitar with clear nitrocellulose when that is done i will get the rest of the bits on it and it should be ready to play.

I will post some more pics when it's complete.

aunchaki · April 17th, 2008, 04:34 PM

WOW! That purple wood looks fabulous! Nice job!

Chris Browne · April 17th, 2008, 04:52 PM

That's amazing! Here's my 000, not built by me but by a luthier friend here in New Brunswick Canada. Love that body size!

Stuco · April 17th, 2008, 05:13 PM

Good work. I want to do one myself one of these days.

Yman · April 23rd, 2008, 11:35 PM

Pretty vague question, but how hard are these builds? Obviously harder than solid body builds, but how easy are the directions to follow?

guit30 · April 24th, 2008, 08:54 PM

Very Comfy body size!!!!
Jim

BB · April 24th, 2008, 11:39 PM

Beautiful! The PW binding really sets it off in a very elegent, understated fashion. I'll look forward to hearing how it sounds. Love the sound of 'ought' guitars.

philbool · April 26th, 2008, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yman

Pretty vague question, but how hard are these builds? Obviously harder than solid body builds, but how easy are the directions to follow?

They are very well explained you should be able to do it if you have lots of cam claps a router and hand tools.

philbool · April 26th, 2008, 01:11 PM

Tanks for all the nice comments guys.

Here we go for the final piece...

It sounds amazing and it's got a Ashworth bridge pickup in it too. I will try and get some recordings of it at some point.

philbool · April 26th, 2008, 01:12 PM

I will also get some decent looking pics when the sun comes out if it comes out

TheDoctor · April 26th, 2008, 07:21 PM

That's impressive. As someone who yearns to start building guitars oneday, purely as a hobby, this is inspiring. I'm pretty new to this, so would you be able to give me an idea as to how much is kit, and how much stuff one needs to do oneself? As a beginner I think I should probably start relatively simple.

Thanks.

philbool · April 27th, 2008, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheDoctor

That's impressive. As someone who yearns to start building guitars oneday, purely as a hobby, this is inspiring. I'm pretty new to this, so would you be able to give me an idea as to how much is kit, and how much stuff one needs to do oneself? As a beginner I think I should probably start relatively simple.

Thanks.

I would start with the stew-mac uke kit as it's fairly easy and sounds great when finished.

RickG501 · April 27th, 2008, 09:39 AM

Really nice job Phil!!!! Beautimus.

philbool · April 29th, 2008, 02:07 PM

Cheers everyone, I managed to get some decent pics of it on my site.

http://myphotoblog.org

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Stuco Friend of Leo's Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: GA Posts: 2,829	Good work. I want to do one myself one of these days. __________________ -"You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best. You want to be considered the only ones who do what you do" J. Garcia

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Yman TDPRI Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Nashville, Tn Posts: 27	Pretty vague question, but how hard are these builds? Obviously harder than solid body builds, but how easy are the directions to follow?

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BB Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2003 Location: Pacific NW Age: 53 Posts: 3,049	Beautiful! The PW binding really sets it off in a very elegent, understated fashion. I'll look forward to hearing how it sounds. Love the sound of 'ought' guitars.

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philbool TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: England, UK Age: 25 Posts: 74 6 Photos	I will also get some decent looking pics when the sun comes out if it comes out

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TheDoctor TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: UK Posts: 29	That's impressive. As someone who yearns to start building guitars oneday, purely as a hobby, this is inspiring. I'm pretty new to this, so would you be able to give me an idea as to how much is kit, and how much stuff one needs to do oneself? As a beginner I think I should probably start relatively simple. Thanks.

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RickG501 Tele-Holic Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Oklahoma City Age: 54 Posts: 795	Really nice job Phil!!!! Beautimus.

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philbool TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: England, UK Age: 25 Posts: 74 6 Photos	Cheers everyone, I managed to get some decent pics of it on my site. http://myphotoblog.org