Black limba acoustic

[Andy Bounsall]

I haven’t posted a completed build for quite a while so I thought I’d post a few pics of this, one of two recently completed guitars. This one is a grand auditorium sized body in black limba with a lutz spruce top. Neck is also black limba. Fretboard is ziricote bound in ebony. Bridge is also ziricote and yes, that grain pattern is naturally occurring. Scale is 25 1/4”. I’m also experimenting with shooting guitar photos against a newly acquired seamless background. Pretty pleased with the results so far. Enjoy!

[Andy Bounsall]

A few more pics...

[Bryan Bear]

That looks great! Nice work. Makes me want to get some limba.

[Andy Bounsall]

That looks great! Nice work. Makes me want to get some limba.

Thanks Bryan.

[Joe Lanza]

Beautiful! Nice to see a finished guitar here again. Thanks!

[Darrel Friesen]

Gorgeous guitar Andy. How well does the Limba bend?

[Karl Wicklund]

I didn’t know of limba before this post. A good introduction, thanks.

Also my autocorrect doesn’t seem to know “Kim bad” either.

[Andy Bounsall]

Thank you for the kind words.
My impression of black limba is that it’s quite similar to mahogany in terms of weight and workability. A bit easier to bend perhaps as it didn’t seem to have the same tendency to compress on the inside of a tighter curve

[Matthew Lau]

Lovely

[Andy Bounsall]

Here’s a video of Don Bray making my guitar sound good. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/e8rQ4rGbQR8