Newest Acoustic Finished!

Here's the guitar that was featured several times as it was being built. It belongs to Gerry McKeveny,
and he picked it up this morning. It is similar to a 000 body size, but a bit deeper. Back and sides are quilted mahogany, the top is cedar with "bear-claw" figuring. This guitar was finished in ultraviolet-cure lacquer; a thin, crisp, and very tough finish. The guitar is very well balanced, and has a full even tone. Perfect for fingerstyle. Gerry was here at several points as the guitar was being designed and built, and even helped out a bit!

Building for someone from the ground up, just for them, is a great way to have no two guitars be alike. Each instrument should really bring all the player's personality and spirit to the audience. I've noticed when a player has an instrument that really nails who they are, their songwriting and performance tends become even stronger.

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Comments

[Sam D]

Absolutely fantastic acoustic, i'm absolutely in awe!

[paul fieman]

Absouletly Beautifull Guitar Scott! ,a work of art that I'm sure he will enjoy and will be cherished for a long long time... I'm between lacquer coats on this semi-hollow electric I'm building. I used a flamed grain redwood on the back and a solid alder body blank that I routed out with a "sound hole". I like the the simple matte look from the sanding sealer on the Alder top, (and want to leave it that way) But I'm slowly building clear glossy lacquer coats on the redwood back. Do you think it would be okay to have two different finishes on a guitar? I'm going to read through your "blogs" Today is way to humid for me to spray lacquar... Take care! Paul

[Terence]

Hey Scott,

great looking guitar- I think that cedar and mahogany is a really underrated combination...

I used to have one similar (bearclaw cedar/quilted mahogany)... which can be seen here: http://goodacoustics.com/forsale.htm#14