Ladder braced oak

[ruby@magpage.com]

Just finished an oak + red spruce, ladder brace, 12 fret, J-185. It is my attempt at a fancy guitar based on some of the work that Gibson did on guitars and banjos in the 20's and 30's. It was a lot of fun and I was able to involve a couple of local craftspeople.

The oak and red spruce will take a while to open up, but for now it has that ladder braced sound with a bit less sustain and a bluesy sound.

Here is the guitar:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/ ... 776959267/

And for those of you who haven't seen this sort of thing enough times, here is the whole thing:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/ ... 776959267/

Ed

[Kevin Sjostrand]

Looks real nice Ed. Super job on that butt joint. Who did the artwork on the fretboard?

[ruby@magpage.com]

A local artist helped with the gold leaf, and another local artist did the pictures. In addition, a friend donated the Pearloid, and 3 amazing professionals gave plenty of advice on painting Pearloid and installing gold glitter. A fun time was had by all.

Ed

[Diane Kauffmds]

That's a great looking guitar Ed.

[Kevin Sjostrand]

Well you ALL done good!

[Phil]

Cool guitar!