OK,it’s been almost 2 months but I’ve finished my guitar. It all started off when I enrolled in Woodcraft’s Guitar Building Class. Woodcraft partners with US Guitars. US Guitar’s kits are simple but complete. The back and sides are a thin plywood. The sides are pre-bent and already attached to the back. The back and front (soundboard) also already have the bracing attached. The fretboard is not attached but already has the fret slots cut into them. The neck has been roughly shaped. The kit allowed us to learn about attaching the top (though the back is similar) to the the sides, attaching purfling and binding to cover the end grain on the top and back, shape the neck, shape the headstock, finish the guitar (though this is not really part of the class), attach the bridge, do final tune up including attaching and position the saddle and nut and strings.
It was a great experience. Here are a few shots of the finished guitar.
Last thing, here is a quick audio clip of me playing the guitar. It’s got a nice full and simple tone. This clip doesn’t illustrate it but it’s also got a nice volume.
Looks Great, and the sounds sounds good to if you take the size and quality of the speakers on my laptop into consideration I look forward to meeting it in person