Liggett Guitars FS1 cutaway (KOA Content)

[LiggettGuitars]

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

[TomB'sox]

That is a really unique shape, I will be following along with this build for sure! Thanks for sharing.

[roberts]

That's a helluva piece of koa. Gonna be fun to watch this come together....

[colins]

The concept and the photos so far are great. Looking forward to more posts.

[Nemoman]

Very cool--love the asymmetry, the concept, and the woods!

[LiggettGuitars]

Some progress in the fingerboard department.

Ben

[colins]

Nice to see the grain on the fingerboards. It adds character.

[Guitars44me]

Those woods are BEAUTIFUL. this will be fun to follow. Enjoy the process!!!

And happy New Year

Paul

[ste vla jang]

Good luck with your Jump on Acoustic build.. been following your electric world..
have high hope on your acoustic completion..

[LiggettGuitars]

Thanks very much, I appreciate it!

[LiggettGuitars]

Installed my "label" and closed the box on the Koa guitar this week.