Introductions and guitar #1...

[jcphotog]

I wanted to introduce myself, and show my first build. It's from a modified D28 kit that I bought from John Hall. We essentially changed it to a HD28V by changing the bracing pattern to pre-war specs, and adding herringbone and ivoroid bindings, etc. John was a big help, and always there by phone and email helping me through the whole process. Robbie Obrien's videos were also indispensable. I signed up for a one-on-one class with Robbie which will happen next month, and I thought it would be a good idea to get familiar with the process before diving in on that one, and I'm sure glad I did. I think I'm going to learn so much more with Robbie by already having familiarity with the process and the potential pitfalls. Stringing it up and playing it a couple of days ago was an amazing experience that I will never forget! I'm hooked!! Already got another one in progress....


JC

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[Kevin Sjostrand]

Welcome to the forum JC. Your guitar looks great.
What a great opportunity to work with Robbie, I'm sure you will have a blast.

Kevin

[Ben-Had]

Great job. I love that combo.

[tippie53]

It is great when you can have one under the belt before a class so you know where your weakness is . Robbie is a great teacher and a friend. He also posts here . A class act.

[johnnparchem]

Very nice guitar,

Hope you stay with the forum and let us know what you are doing while building your second guitar.

[jcphotog]

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[jcphotog]

Working on a slope shoulder dread with rosewood and a gorgeous carpathian spruce top from John H. This going is going a lot smoother and not yet making the same mistakes as the first one, but I am making some new ones!! I'll post some pics when I get the binding on....

[Darryl Young]

Great job JC!

Ha, your comment reminds me I'm doing the same thing. Avoiding the mistakes I've already made but making new ones by not paying attention to something I previously did well.

[jcphotog]

That's exactly how it's going for me; everything that went well before has presented new problems, partly because I'm not cautious enough or paying enough attention.....!

[Kevin Sjostrand]

I think we all do that.......

Kevin