Like a kid on Christmas morning!

[John J]

I feel like a kid again! I was cleaning out my garage up in the rafters when I found a box I thought I had lost forever. When I was twelve years old in 1972 I got as a gift a guitar kit. Yes they had kits way back then. Being twelve and naive I started with making the mold. Alas with no guidance and a poor selection of tools I quickly became frustrated and moved on to other pursuits. The kit sat in my parents attic for the next twenty years. I thought it was thrown out when my parents moved out and my siblings cleaned up. I don't know how but it made it to my garage (I have no recollection how). Today I found it and all parts appear to be intact and in good condition. According to the book it has a European silver spruce top and Rosewood back and sides. Rosewood fingerboard and Mahogany neck blank. Now I'll have to decide what to make!

[tippie53]

vintage before you start nicee

[John J]

Pictures of the top and back. I wonder what type of Rosewood would have been in a kit like this at that time. The step by step booklet is interesting. It instructs you to make a tin trough and boil the sides for at least an hour on the stovetop before quickly forcing them against the mold.