Newbie!

[JVan]

Hello everyone!
My name is Jeff VanZant.I am new to the forum and looking forward to networking and sharing ideas with some of the great minds in this forum! I am currently in my first year of building acoustic steel string guitars. Like many of you I spent hundreds of hours reading ,watching vids and anything that has to do with Lutherie. I got started because my love of the acoustic guitar and my passion for woodworking. I was unsure on how to get started, I considered a kit from C.F.Martin but was discouraged by others that this was an endeavor beyond my wildest dreams. I wanted to prove to people that I can do it. Then I was flippin thru pages on eBay and saw this kit from Blues Creek for sale, it was a 000 Braz -adi top with all the goodies, I had to have it, yeah sure it was kinda of a high end kit for my first build, in the end with support from John @ Blues Creek and some patience I managed to make a really playable and beautiful sounding guitar! Yes it has flaws as we have all made mistakes along the way but the end result is a very nice guitar that I will have the rest of my life. So , I bought 2 more kits from John and with each one they just got better and they are beautiful instruments, so nice that my older brother took one to play and to this day I have not got it back!!
Anyway I just wanted to post to say Hey to everyone and look forward to networking with everyone.
Good to aboard!

[tippie53]

welcome
I am sure you will find some great info here . Don't be afraid to post pictures that is what we love . Making boxes that make music. Thanks for visiting .

[Jim_H]

Welcome to the board Jeff. It sounds like you are seriously hooked. Welcome to the club!

Do you have any pictures or a blog you can link for us?

[JVan]

Thanks Jim, John for the welcome to KGF. I am posting some pics of the guitar that I can't put down. It is a kit I got from Blues creek back in June of 2011 and it was my third kit from John. This particular kit is the 000 Martin style and has BRW back and sides, Adi top, beautiful kit, short scale with 1 3/4" nut width, 2 1/4" 12th fret, Mahogany V-neck ,ebony fretboard with a few pieces of M.O.P. inlay, ebony pyramid bridge. I used nitro laq. finish over a vinyl sealer for the finish. Not perfect but the sound I get from this guitar is just incredible! It gets loud. Anyway, take a look.Pics of my first 2 kits will be coming soon.

[David L]

Very, very nice, love the FB inlay!

David L

Flaws? Those flaws are beautiful.
Welcome to the Forum.

tommy

[Jim_H]

Incredible! Very nice work!

[johnnparchem]

Wow! very nice.

[Kevin Sjostrand]

Welcome to the forum, this guitar looks pretty good from where I'm sitting.
Did you do the fretboard inlay? Pretty impressive.

Kevin

[tippie53]

That is a nice set of wood . I remember that well .