StewMac Dreadnought kit guitar

[@danmccarthy444]

Super helpful to hear about your building experience. And your playing proves you have the chops to evaluate the guitar with credibility. I am thinking about doing this and needed a well thought out viewpoint. Thank you!

[@LGuitarB]

You're welcome 🙂

[@luckylucky-rb5lq]

Thanks for posting it sounds fantastic.I am currently building the body built kit. Great playing and I am surprised at your ambition to take on such a big project with not any experience. You did great on 99percent of the job and that is something to be proud of.

[@LGuitarB]

Thank you! Well, I had done a lot of work on a classic car I own, and although very different I thought I should be up to this as well then :-)

[@nledelnr]

Beautiful. Congrats.

[@LGuitarB]

Thank you!

[@markbrodie5454]

Love the base on this so warm

[@thefreese1]

Good job ... I have a couple things you could try to get closer to intonation you want . Slid in a blank saddle and file an angle towards the back if it's sharp or to the front if it's flat ... this should work if the bridge didn't shift much during your mishap when gluing it n place.. If it way out wack you chisel the slot in the direction it needs to go and get a thicker blank saddle.. Either way, if you screw it up you can just order another bridge . They are cheap..

[@LGuitarB]

Thanks! I didn't think of that last option actually. The saddle that's in there is already fairly thin, so I doubt if that would have th desired effect.

[@Anthony-ll4nh]

Very nice sound and great skill. However, can you please describe the condition in your right hand that ended your fingerpicking? What is it called and how did you contract it? I have something in my nerves and I'm wondering if that's what I got. I hope not.

[@LGuitarB]

Hi Anthony, it's a condition called Focal Dystonia. It's not a physical condition, but basically your brain getting confused about which motion your fingers have to make. About 1 in 100 people get it, typically (like me) somewhere in their 40s. It typically happens to parts of the body (often fingers) that have to make rapid, precise movements, but wind instrument players will get it in their lips as well. It's not really known how or why people contract it. Some people can retrain themselves out of it again, but it's often a process of practicing many hours a day for several years.

[@LGuitarB]

I intend to make a bit more elaborate video about it, in combination with a demo of my Hopf classical guitar.

[@Anthony-ll4nh]

@@LGuitarB well you play very well. I guess mine is different. It's a neuropathy caused by a recent heart surgery. My fingers are stiff, but they're coming back. Nice job on your guitar. Stewmac is up to a grand and a half on those kits now.

[@LGuitarB]

@@Anthony-ll4nh Thank you! But a grand and a half?? That's three times as much! 😲