Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms Finished making a guitar

Thanks for all the nice comments.

Time permitting I play classical guitar but have played electric and bass in bands and enjoy a wide variety of music. About 7 years ago I tried to make a Lute, it took a few years doing a bit here and there on weekends. Unfortunately it died a horrible death on a very wet weekend when the house was sort of flooded and very moist inside. I think the tension of 28 strings was too much for the wood in those conditions.



Playing the lute was rather odd, I erred on lower tension strings which I ordered from a Lute string supplier after discussing with them the tensions for each string and it felt like playing Spaghetti. I would like to make another one but wanted to learn some skills before building another lute. I bought some more wood and while looking for a place to band saw the large pieces I found a local luthier who sells guitars though the local music shop, I had a play of some of his guitars and talked to him. I thought it best to build a steel string guitar seeing that is what he specialises in and I don't own one. I own 3 classical guitars, 3 electrics and 4 basses but no steel strings until this one.

I have just starting to build an 8 string classical, I will have a low A and D strings. I can then try play some of the music the Lute was built for and decide is it something I am still interested in and whether making another lute is a good idea or not.

I have about 50 photos of progress builds on my camera I need to get off. I am thinking maybe I should do a Youtube video like Fat Wolfie did of his car build but with me playing the guitar in the background. For now here are a few photos I had on my phone.