OM made from reject mahogany,Spanish cedar, and spruce. It sounds great. You don’t need fancy wood to make a nice instrument.

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Comment by Jaber on December 4, 2018 at 9:43am
Gary, I wish I could bring it to the meeting but it’s already sold.
Comment by gary herget on December 3, 2018 at 2:47am

This looks great, I think you've gone to the next level with this one!

Comment by Jaber on December 2, 2018 at 9:57am

Scale length is 25.340

Comment by Jaber on December 2, 2018 at 9:52am

 Brian, the mahogany comes from a local luthier supply company but it has knots and other imperfections so I’m able to buy it by the pound. Same thing with the fretboard and bridge. Also, much lower grade quality spruce that has some “scars” on the lower bout. I think it gives it some character. 

Comment by BrianQ. on December 1, 2018 at 8:08pm

Great looking 6 stringer, looks a lot better than the guitars coming from China, now that’s reject wood? What’s the scale length?

Comment by Derek Rose on December 1, 2018 at 5:53pm

That looks wonderful, would love to hear it!

Comment by Jaber on December 1, 2018 at 3:11pm

You’re right John! That is a true story. They have a forklift inlaid in it made of pearl. Also, Robert Benedetto who makes arch top guitars made one from construction grade pine.

Comment by Uncle John on December 1, 2018 at 2:36pm

Beautiful!  Glad it sounds so good.  There is a story, a true one, I think.  Where people said Taylor guitars are so good because of the fine woods they use.  So...  They made one out of pallet wood.  It looked and played wonderfully.  Like yours.

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