Marks Guitar #2

IMG_2154 IMG_2150 IMG_2151 IMG_2152 IMG_2147 IMG_2149I’ve been working on a guitar that I call Marks Guitar #2 because the first one was built for Mark Thies of Markosa Studios (a very fine recording studio in Roeland Park KS)     http://www.markosa.com/home.asp    he wanted an acoustic guitar that was not so boomy for recording purposes so I said Maple is a good choice for the treble end of the sound spectrum ( tryin’ to sound educated you know) well it turned out to be a hit with me as well as him so I decided I wanted one too. I made the guitar from quilted Maple and Ebony throughout except some tiny B/W purfiling around the inside of the Ebony binding. The difference this time was I used Engelman Spruce for the top instead of Sitka. I wanted it to be a little less treble and to warm up the sound. ( I will hate myself if I was wrong..) the bracing being all Sitka with a Maple neck block. Here are some picks of the process…….1391720941943 1391720942510 1391720954928 1391720955630 1384172532437 1384172759925 1384172765303 1384172770812 1384172776256 1384436898408 1385251071143 1385474324163 1391720921863 1391720922533 1391720933361 IMG_2079 IMG_2075 IMG_2076 IMG_2077 IMG_2078