Just testing out the app I downloaded onto my iPhone!

Double Woohoo!

I recieved my lot of fingerboards and bridge blanks today. 2 of the fingerboards are Indian Rosewood and 1 of them is a Pau Ferro wood. The bridge blanks are all Macassar Ebony.

<- fingerboards | bridge blanks ->

Waiting on one more shipment!

-Marcus

Woohoo! Another shipment!

This lovely wood is called Macauba, also referred to as Amazon Rosewood, though I don’t believe it is a true rosewood. It’s quite rigid and lush. I can’t wait to work with it!

Nice red color

Hawt grain

So add that to the stash, I’m expecting a few more shipments!

-Marcus

I got some cool things last week! I figured I would post about them because I don’t have much else to post about.

I got an Engleman Spruce and Western Red Ceder soundboard. Also two Black Walnut backs and sides.

yay, wood.

And thats not all! More to come probably later this week.

-Marcus

So I started my first guitar today. It’s a kit build from www.usguitarkits.com.

The kit is like 75% finished already. All you really have to do is shape the soundboard braces, cut the kerfing, glue on the soundboard and assemble the neck. Today I got all the way through glueing the soundboard.

It’s a standard dreadnought guitar. It has a spruce top and sapele back and sides.

Now for some pictures.

So far so good! I’m enjoying the class so far and I really look forward to the knowledge that I get from it.

Next step is to get a garage somehow so I have someplace to do this on my own!

–Marcus