Posted by Nigel Graham on April 21, 2018 at 7:53am
My first build, old mahogany box,oak neck and aluminium resonator with steel cover. Sink drain covers on sound holes, maple fretboard with mahogany dots.
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Uh Oh!, it all starts with the first one, which by the way is a "Great Looking Build", But!, sometimes one can turn into one hundred, then two hundred, then three hundred plus, something I learned from personal experience! :-D
Yes! Just as Richard said. Great job. You got a whole lot right. The one small thing I see is that your strings are closer together than the way I like them for a GDG type (lots of slide) 3 string.
That spacing would suit me for a finger chorder like a DGB. I try to steer new builders to a lesson that helped me most. knotlenny's CBG 101. Google it or find it under resources at page top.
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Thanks guys I had real fun making it, already got lots of ideas for the next one and the next one and...........
Nige
That, is one badass first build. Nice.
Uh Oh!, it all starts with the first one, which by the way is a "Great Looking Build", But!, sometimes one can turn into one hundred, then two hundred, then three hundred plus, something I learned from personal experience! :-D
Yes! Just as Richard said. Great job. You got a whole lot right. The one small thing I see is that your strings are closer together than the way I like them for a GDG type (lots of slide) 3 string.
That spacing would suit me for a finger chorder like a DGB. I try to steer new builders to a lesson that helped me most. knotlenny's CBG 101. Google it or find it under resources at page top.
Good wishes.