Working on and building guitars is addictive! I think I'm officially hooked! There's something very rewarding about playing a guitar that I built (my 000 kit sounds and plays great!) and my next project will be built completely from scratch!
A number of years ago I missed out on the opportunity to buy a vintage 1941 Gibson L-0 acoustic. There's just something special about those old small bodied, lightly built guitars, and so I thought that would be a great guitar to build, especially since I know the person that ended up buying that old L-0, so I have access to it for verifying dimensions. The construction of the L-0 I have access to seems to be built the same as the L-00 drawings that Christophe Grellier has on his website, so I am using his drawing for this build.
I started off by making a few templates: one for the neck, one for the sides, and one for the body.
A number of years ago I missed out on the opportunity to buy a vintage 1941 Gibson L-0 acoustic. There's just something special about those old small bodied, lightly built guitars, and so I thought that would be a great guitar to build, especially since I know the person that ended up buying that old L-0, so I have access to it for verifying dimensions. The construction of the L-0 I have access to seems to be built the same as the L-00 drawings that Christophe Grellier has on his website, so I am using his drawing for this build.
I started off by making a few templates: one for the neck, one for the sides, and one for the body.
Then using 3 layers of 3/4" plywood, I build a body mold.
I started this guitar a few weeks ago so I've made a lot of progress already. In the next couple posts I'll show what I've got done so far!