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For those of you who remember ,my "goal" was to build a guitar in 50 hours (without sacrificing quality).
So it came in at 44 hours -the only thing I didn't make was the kerfed lining and slotting the fretboard.
I resawed all the wood for the back sides and neck and I did the finish in house.

Obviously it has a very simple binding scheme which saves a lot of time-it also has no head veneer.

Back and sides: flame birch
Neck: Poplar
Top: Adi
fretboard and bridge: Gaboon ebony
Binding: ivoroid (celluloid nitrate)
Tuning machines: Stew Mac vintage
Nitro finish
Bolt on neck (butt joint-no tenon)

I will do a youtube video and post it soon.

It is ladder braced-26-1/2" scale tuned down 4 half steps (C)

This thing ROARS!!

Nice looking guitar. How much time calendar wise.

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great looking guitar Brad

Amazing and beautiful! Congratulations.

Sweet! Nice one Brad.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

And a very handsome guitar is the result of your efforts!

So, what aspects of your work/effort organization yielded the most significant time rewards for you?

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This guitar took about two months from start to finish.

Hi Douglas,

It's hard to explain,but I think I really planned out every step and didn't fuss as much as usual-a sort of "just do it" attitude.

I "decided" how long a task "should" take and it usually ended up being spot on.

I also used a few jigs like for head slotting, and tapering the fretboard.

I plan on knocking 10-20% off that time by using more jigs to shape braces,etc.