What Do I Have?

WindKnot · #1 01-31-2017, 07:09 PM

My wife and I are in the process of closing on a new house and I discovered a guitar mold and a bunch of tools in the basement. I have always wanted to build my own guitar so this is very exciting.

I found some documentation that I believe identifies the mold as coming from Kenneth Michael guitars. Can anybody tell me what guitar specifically this mold is for?

Perhaps my priorities are misplaced but I want to buy the house now just so I can get the guitar mold and guitar building tools to convey. Who cares about the rest of the house?

WindKnot · #2 01-31-2017, 07:10 PM

Sorry for the huge photo!

nedley · #3 01-31-2017, 09:52 PM

40 mm ping pong balls?

pickitluther · #4 01-31-2017, 10:36 PM

Picture is too big for me to see well !

John Arnold · #5 01-31-2017, 11:42 PM

In order to view it, I saved the photo to my computer, then opened the file.

It looks like a 14 fret dreadnought mold.

Howard Klepper · #6 02-01-2017, 12:20 AM

Why do you think these things come with the house? Personal property is not part of the real property.

Sperry · #7 02-01-2017, 06:32 AM

Nice find! If I hit enough garage sales, I hope to stumble upon a closet full of this stuff, as well as a shelf carefully stacked with tonewood .. untouched since the '60s ...

redir · #8 02-01-2017, 07:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Howard Klepper

Why do you think these things come with the house? Personal property is not part of the real property.

YEah I'm a bit confused too.

Did you buy the house yet? I guess maybe what ever is left behind becomes yours, IDK?

When we bought our last house they asked us if we wanted them to clean out the barn. I said no. There is some really cool stuff in it, and a lot of junk. But that was part of the deal.

WindKnot · #9 02-01-2017, 07:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Howard Klepper

Why do you think these things come with the house? Personal property is not part of the real property.

Well, because I requested it to convey in the contract the seller agreed to. He's elderly and said he doesn't need it any longer.

Thanks for the info everyone!

redir · #10 02-01-2017, 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WindKnot

Well, because I requested it to convey in the contract the seller agreed to. He's elderly and said he doesn't need it any longer.

Thanks for the info everyone!

Nice! Sometimes these things just fall into your lap.

Now get to work!

Truckjohn · #11 02-06-2017, 03:43 PM

Can you unstack the pile and take pics separately. From here - it looks like an indeterminate pile of "guitar building stuff" and "bits and pieces"..

SnowManSnow · #12 02-09-2017, 06:22 AM

Looks like a kit build from KMG. Or possibly what's left from a bit build.

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Ben-Had · #13 02-10-2017, 10:22 AM

Definitely from a KMG success kit. You can post it here and get lots of
info.

http://acousticguitarconstructionforum.com/index.php

WindKnot · #14 02-13-2017, 09:37 PM

Thanks for all the additional info, everyone.

I actually had a chance to speak with the owner about the kit. He built his first guitar at 79 years old! Seemed like a really cool guy and was very encouraging about trying out my hand.

In regards to the request to unstack everything, we close in a few weeks, so I've not been able to fully inventory all the pieces and tools.

It'll be a bit, but once I take on a build project I'll share all the warts here!