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Beautiful!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTt4uigQ-g4

Mark Langner wrote:Free Planet Radio (Asheville NC - based)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRw413mHcYQ

I really enjoyed that. Thanks for sharing.

you may like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5FLZYtMRfo

Chuck Tweedy wrote:Lyle Lovett is awesome - except, of course, that he's from texas.

and...
I was born in the 60's

I loved his "penguins" song.

Jon Gomm, Andy McKee, Preston Reed and Newton Faulkner at the moment - along with some Beautiful South/Housemartins and The English Beat (as you guys would know them - over here they're just The Beat). I was "rudeboy" when i was a kid in 70's and I loved The Beat. I remember saving up and...

I love spalted wood and the idea occured to me of using spalted wood for the back and sides of an acoustic guitar. So I did a web search for spalted tonewood and came across this website: http://tonewood.rs/?cat=21 . There is some beautifully spalted wood on there. I'm wondering if there would be an...

I think it's safe to assume that the vast majority of, if not all, mimfers are music lovers: What music is flaoting your boat at the moment?

I my case, it's this band:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9hOSZGMXlI

what a drummer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLnjIpLJzms

Thanks everyone for your help. I think I will start with a kit and while I'm doing that, practice some of the "from scratch" skills/processes on scrap material as suggested by Adam. Ah well, the baritone will have to wait. Now the only question is what kit?

All good comments above. Since I was one of the people who suggested considering a kit, I'll add my two cents... Thanks, once again, Freeman for your detailed response. Nice guitars! I love the mahogany resonator. Looks beautiful. Whenever I see these wonderful creations I always wish I could hear ...

Tim Allen wrote:I would also recommend building a kit first...

Thanks for your advice and insight Tim. Aside from all the guitar stuff I've also learned a new word, "quixotic"! That's a nice looking guitar in the photo (nice dog to). Is that one of your "from scratch" guitars or from a kit?

Interesting points re:kits. I wonder, Ciaran, if it might help to know exactly what woodworking kit/experience you either have, or have easy access to? I have no woodworking experience as such. I know it's not the same thing, but I have done quite a bit of carpentry and am pretty good at it. I have...

Can anyone tell me what piece of equipment this guy is using in this video at 0:52 and again at 1:14 in this video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVMMQQd ... CPwg1vxUXg

I have put up a number of posts now asking questions arising out of my intention to build a baritone acoustic from scratch as my first ever build. A number of people have advised me to build an standard acoustic from a kit first. It seems to me that, with kits, so much of the work is already done an...

There are a multitude of skills involved in guitar building. You don't have to learn them all on the first build. You can learn a lot by building a kit. And don't think you will build the ultimate guitar on the first try, and don't even think you can stop at one! Hi Jamie, Are you the same Jamie I ...

Bob Francis wrote:Try a search for Berkowitzguitars.com the article is on that site.

Thanks for that. Found it!

Thanks Freeman for all the info. You've been very helpful. I'll take a look at it all in detail tonight. I had already come across the Baritone Acoustic kit you included a link to. The idea of easing myself in to building guitars by starting with a kit does have it's appeal but I wonder what value b...

I've been scearching the internet looking for plans for a baritone acoustic guitar and the only set I can find is on www.cadguitarplans.com. These plans are for a standard body guitar and I would prefer to build a cutaway bodied guitar. They also seem a bit on the expensive side when compared to (no...

Hello All, I've been on some of the of tonewood suppliers' websites doing some research and I've noticed that most of them offer a "thicknessing" service. I figure the word is pretty self explanatory and I am aware that there are thicknessing machines you can buy which will remove unwanted...

Personally, I think the amount you have to learn, just to build ANY guitar, makes it inadvisable to combine that with designing a guitar. You don't even know what things you do well yet and what you need to improve to get the quality you want. If it was me, I would build at least one guitar followi...

Mark Swanson wrote:Yes you make some good points, Doug. Many times folks who are new to this game want to re-invent the wheel.

Not really, just to build a baritone acoustic guitar, that's all.

About two years ago there was a discussion here about baritones, and I decided I would build one. I used a plan set for a dreadnought, I used the 27" scale length Taylor used for his GT8 baritone, and added 1/8 " of hight to the braces. It has become one of my favorite guitars, and both m...