Itzkin OM and parlor

[Itzkinguitars]

Hey everyone, in case you haven't seen some of my other posts, I'm a young builder with aspirations of being a professional. I've been building for a about 5 years at this point and have been working on these two guitars over the summer while I'm home from college (I start my sophomore year in the fall).

I'm working on two guitars right now with the first being an OM sized guitar featuring the classic Martin body shape, Carpathian spruce top, Honduras mahogany neck, back, and sides, cocobolo binding, macassar ebony fret board and a madagascar rosewood bridge. With this guitar I'm trying to build something that has a very traditional style and voice, but with some modern construction techniques and styles to optimize its responsiveness. The other guitar is a parlor which features the same plantilla as Antonio de Torres' SE 117. This guitar has an engelmann spruce top, indian rosewood back and sides, and a mahogany neck. While it is a ver small guitar (about an 11" lowerbout), this size produces an instrument of even tone and is surprisingly loud.

I didn't take too many photos towards the beginnings of these builds, but here are some photos of the guitars so far:

[CoolerKing]

Looking awesome Brian!

[invguy921]

Brian, It looks like you're well on your way to making some really nice instruments! Wishing you the best!

[YamaYairi]

Those guitars look great, Brian! I am still enjoying my Itzkin dreadnought.