Penny Guitars

I have managed to get the headstock done and I am quite pleased with it, it should look pretty damned good when it is finished properly. I have nearly finished the heel, maybe another hour or two and it will be okay. Once the sound box is put together it would be very difficult to do anything else with the heel without running the risk of damaging the sides, so it is imperative that I get the heel sorted out.

Today I have removed the 3 x 40Watt light bulbs from my work room and replaced them with 3 x 11Watt energy saver bulbs, my room has never been so bright, might have to start wearing sun shades.

I decided I don’t like the rosette inlaid into the soundboard. I am going to put that soundboard on ice for now and make a new soundboard and keep it more in line with the standard classical guitar look. I did look into making my own rosettes but decided it was quite probably the most boring thing to do so I have purchased three rosettes and just waiting for them to arrive.

Not a lot been done lately as I have not been feeling too great. I have managed to get some work done on the neck, I just have to mark out the headstock and cut it and also the same again with the heel. I have made this neck in compliance with the Cumpiano & Natelson book, the first neck I have done this way. The wood is plain maple, the headstock veneer is walnut.

I think this neck will look quite nice with the rosewood fingerboard, I am going to try to get the neck completed over the next couple of days.

This blog is mostly about guitars, well not just guitars, beer as well. This post is about a very special guitar and an even more special girl. This guitar is absolutely unique and belongs to a girl that I love more than life itself, she is just the most gorgeous girl you could ever imagine, with her blond hair and blue eyes and a look that makes your heart skip two beats and melt. Today she is just 17 months and 1 day old.
This guitar is made out of ply wood, it comes from the ply tree, the ply tree is virtually unknown and a best kept secret. There is no Wiki for the ply tree so you just have to take my word for it. The soundboard, back and sides and fretboard are all made from ply wood. The soundboard was a bit beaten up so I stripped it back to the wood and decorated it, I have coated it with Sadolin gloss floor varnish, it is non toxic and so should be okay for kids.

Here are some pictures.

No ply trees were harmed in any way while creating this post.

One day this little girl will be able to lookup the names of the artists on her guitar and find out by whom I was musically influenced.