Newbie build

[Jeff Pierce]

New to the forum and new to guitar building. Just finished my first guitar. Not sure if there will be others. I had 'build a guitar' on my bucket list for a long time and I thoroughly enjoyed the process. My next task is to learn how to play it, lol.

Anyway, it is an approximation of a Gibson CS-356. It was built from maple and reclaimed mahogany (with a rosewood fretboard). There are plenty of flaws, as you might expect from a 1st timer, but none of them appear to be fatal

Thanks for looking.

[Barry Daniels]

Looks good from here. Semi-hollow?

[Jeff Pierce]

Thanks. Yes, Semi-hollow

[Bob Francis]

Looks great Jeff

[Karl Wicklund]

Nice work. Was it a satisfying build?

[Christ Kacoyannakis]

That looks fantastic. My first guitar was also an archtop, and I made two at the same time. I found that doing a step on one would help me do the second one better, so I switched around which one I did first. It was very satisfying, as I am sure it was for you, and the results are stunning. Great job!

[Jeff Pierce]

Thanks, guys. Yes, the build was very enjoyable. I'm finding learning to play much more frustrating, tbh

[Steve Sawyer]

I'm really impressed, Jeff - I think most of us try something much less challenging for our first build (at least I did!!)

Very nice job!

[Bryan Bear]

Looks great. Be sure and let us know when you start the next one. There is always a next one. . . <G>

[Jeff Pierce]

Thanks to all who commented. Yes, Brian, you were right, there was a next one. I'm not great at documenting things, so I finished it without posting any progress pics. I will open a separate thread to post some pics of the final product later today

[Bob Orr]

That looks great! Is it a craved top and back? Very ambitious for a first one and I bet it wont be your last! Once you have bitten the building bug its worse than crystal meth!!