Follow-up to "100 mile guitar" thread

[Howard Williamson]

So, this is what I built, after starting the "100 mile guitar" thread.
All the wood is from within 100 miles of my home. Its all Cherry (from my front yard) with a Western Red Cedar top.
First guitar I've built, I can't even play (though I am trying). I made lots of mistakes but I'm still proud of it and get a great deal of satisfaction from playing it badly. I might even try building another.
Thanks to those that gave me advice in that first thread.

[Bob Francis]

Nice work Howard you should be proud of it!

[John Sonksen]

Looks nice! Is the fretboard cherry too?

[Jason Rodgers]

Very cool, Howard! That's some good local sourcing. I am building cherry / wrc 3/4 (or "size 5") classical for my daughter and I thought I was clever using wood inside of 10 blocks... well, 10 blocks to the scrap bins of a local cabinet shop!

That cherry is pretty - can we get some closeups?

[Howard Williamson]

John; Yes, the fretboard is Cherry too, that particular piece didn't darken as much as some of the others did when the wod finish (true Oil)was applied, I don't know why.

Jason; Yes, I find the Cherry very pretty too. Not as hard as some might like. That particular log was pretty small - about 10" dia. so the grain changes pretty quickly from vertical to flat and back to vertical grain but thats what I had. My wife wanted that tree cut down because it had "gone wild" and wasn't producing much fruit anymore. I cut it down and almost burned it before I had second thoughts and decided to see how it might saw on my sawmill. Now I'm glad I did.
Closeups ........ now you'll see some of my hack jobs. <150 k = hard to get very good resolution

[Bryan Bear]

The cherry looks great and will look even nicer as it ages. I like that pickguard a lot. It is nice to see an all (very) local wood instrument. I like to use local wood as much as possible, I just wish decent softwood top material was an option here.

[Steve Senseney]

Your guitar has a lot of interest with the changing grain patterns.

Well done.

You did well with your potential fire wood!

[Matthew Lau]

It's quite nice, and you should be proud of your guitar.

My only suggestion would be to have a sunburst/black top for contrast with the rest of the wood.

[Dave Stewart]

Well done Howard! You should be well satisfied with both the sourcing and the guitar. Actually, depending where you are in BC, there should be some wonderfull tonewoods, as opposed to , you know, Saskatoon!