90% of the wood milled on my bandsawmill.
It is close to a 000 size, 15" width on the lower bout,
9" waist, 11" upper bout. 4-1/4" deep. Arched back.
One piece Redwood top. American Black Walnut back, sides,
and neck. Fruit Cherry fretboard w/abalone dots, Fruit Cherry peghead veneer. Eastern Black Cherry binding.
Open soundwell with Persimmon posts.
Beard Legend Cone, Beard adjustable spider bridge, Hipshot locking tuners, Karel Zacal coverplate and tailpiece, Fishman Nashville pickup. Threaded inserts for the coverplate screws.
It was a present to myself, after ending ten years working at the local post office. A neighbor surprised me on the last day of work, with cash gifts from the community, which I used for all the good hardware and a JD Aura pedal.
All the wood is meaningful to me, with stories. A friend gave me two Redwood slabs that his father had for decades.
The Black Walnut was rescued from rootwads that were next to my brothers outhouse for years and scheduled for burning. A friends orchard removed their Cherry trees.
My luthier friend had the Persimmon from his farm.
I sliced 1/4" thick pieces from the Redwood and Black Walnut slabs on my bandsawmill.
The luthier is Michael Hampel, he has a small shop and commercial farm/orchard at 25 Mile Creek, near Chelan Washington. he builds Classical style guitars, Weissenborn style guitars and this is his first Reso.
https://hampelguitars.com/
