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Liggett Guitars FS1 cutaway (KOA Content)
After a year of building mostly electrics, and doing freelance inlay work for other luthiers, I'm excited to finally be beginning a new batch of acoustics.
I’m currently developing my new acoustic model, the FS1 (FS= fingerstyle). Instead of building an OM, or another existing model, I wanted to build a model from scratch, built for the job intended: Fingerstyle playing in low tunings. This will be a multiscale instrument with a subtle fan of 26”-25.4”. I’m aiming to accentuate optimal tension for open D and C tunings, without extremely heavy strings. The body has a pinched waist, a wide lower bout, and asymmetric sides. For the first FS1, I am going all out with a master grade set of Koa from my friends at koatonewood.com, an Italian spruce soundboard from Bachmann Tonewoods and a cutaway. The body shape is a little wild, so I’m keeping the rosette (or lack thereof) very minimalist. I'll add more build shots as things progress. Cheers! Ben |
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That is a really unique shape, I will be following along with this build for sure! Thanks for sharing.
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PS. I love guitars! |
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That's a helluva piece of koa. Gonna be fun to watch this come together....
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Martin OM-42SB MJ Franks 000-12 Brazilian/Carpathian J Kinnaird 000-12 Birdseye/Sitka Flammang SEL SCGC 00-12 EIR/Sitka SCGC OM Mahogany/Moon |
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The concept and the photos so far are great. Looking forward to more posts.
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Very cool--love the asymmetry, the concept, and the woods!
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2013 Stehr Auditorium (Carpathian/Myrtle) 2015 Stehr Auditorium (Adi/BRW) 2020 Baranik Meridian (Blue Spruce/Manchinga) 2020 Wilborn Arum (Tunnel 14/Coco) 2021 Kinnaird Graybeard (BC Cedar/Bog Oak) 2022 Kinnaird CS Student Build (Adi/Padauk) 2023 Kinnaird FS (Italian/Koa) |
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Some progress in the fingerboard department.
Ben |
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Nice to see the grain on the fingerboards. It adds character.
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Spiffy KOA
Those woods are BEAUTIFUL. this will be fun to follow. Enjoy the process!!!
And happy New Year Paul
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4 John Kinnaird SS 12c CUSTOMS: Big Maple/WRC Dread(ish) Jumbo Spanish Cedar/WRC Jumbo OLD Brazilian RW/WRC Big Tunnel 14 RW/Bubinga Dread(ish) R.T 2 12c sinker RW/Claro 96 422ce bought new! 96 LKSM 12 552ce 12x12 J. Stepick Bari Weissy WRC/Walnut More |
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been a fan of your electric..
Good luck with your Jump on Acoustic build.. been following your electric world..
have high hope on your acoustic completion.. |
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Thanks very much, I appreciate it!
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Installed my "label" and closed the box on the Koa guitar this week.
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