So this is sort of my first commission. It’s a request from my brother to build his children a guitar to play. He has a nice Taylor Dreadnought, but it’s too big for his kids to learn on. Enter younger brother that builds custom guitars (that’s me).

I’ve been chewing on the design for quite some time now. The more I designed my own shape, the more I realized that it was going to be a total hack job. I wasn’t aware of all the subtle measurements and the like. I would’ve ended up with a crappy sounding guitar, no doubt. In the end I decided to just buy some Martin Parlor guitar plans and go off that.

The back and sides will be a nice set of Pau Ferro I got awhile ago. The soundboard will be a Lutz Spruce set that I got from RC Tonewood for like $15. The fretboard and bridge will be Pau Ferro as well (to match). I wont have much of the back to make myself a headstock inlay, so I might match the headstock to the bindings which will be Bloodwood. With this guitar I am going to implement Abalone stars into the design. Mostly around the rosette and up the fretboard.

I want to keep the design feel of this one fun and young, yet still keep the professional quality of a custom guitar.

More pictures to come after this weekend. I hope to get it all braced up by Monday.