Overhaul Kg-11 with hard shell case
Structurally, a copy of a 1933 Kalamazoo Kg-11.
After being inside so many ladder braced guitars - seeing what had held up the last century, and what didn’t - I decided it was time to put it all together with a neck profile and nut width that was accessible to anyone. I often meet players looking for an antique sound but cannot be comfortable on thick, old V neck guitars. This neck based on late 50’s Lg-1 to be good for both very small and large left hands.
The result was a robust but very excitable guitar with a full, fundamental body that defines the note. There’s still a complex swath of harmonics that shine depth into the pitch but straight forward fundamentals don’t blossom into or reverb out of the note, it’s thick and heavy from the tip to the tail. I’m very very very happy with it.
This guitar is built of 40 yr old Black Walnut back, sides and neck from East Kentucky and a gorgeous Spruce top cut from a 100+ yr old beam taken out of a demolished coal equipment house in SE Ohio. This guitar was old before it was even assembled.
Full hide glue construction and straight Shellac pore fill and finish mean this guitar is essentially Food Grade🤣. The most toxic component of this guitar might be the Walnut.
24 3/4 scale length
1 11/16 nut width
12’s are the suggested gauge
Structurally, a copy of a 1933 Kalamazoo Kg-11.
After being inside so many ladder braced guitars - seeing what had held up the last century, and what didn’t - I decided it was time to put it all together with a neck profile and nut width that was accessible to anyone. I often meet players looking for an antique sound but cannot be comfortable on thick, old V neck guitars. This neck based on late 50’s Lg-1 to be good for both very small and large left hands.
The result was a robust but very excitable guitar with a full, fundamental body that defines the note. There’s still a complex swath of harmonics that shine depth into the pitch but straight forward fundamentals don’t blossom into or reverb out of the note, it’s thick and heavy from the tip to the tail. I’m very very very happy with it.
This guitar is built of 40 yr old Black Walnut back, sides and neck from East Kentucky and a gorgeous Spruce top cut from a 100+ yr old beam taken out of a demolished coal equipment house in SE Ohio. This guitar was old before it was even assembled.
Full hide glue construction and straight Shellac pore fill and finish mean this guitar is essentially Food Grade🤣. The most toxic component of this guitar might be the Walnut.
24 3/4 scale length
1 11/16 nut width
12’s are the suggested gauge
Structurally, a copy of a 1933 Kalamazoo Kg-11.
After being inside so many ladder braced guitars - seeing what had held up the last century, and what didn’t - I decided it was time to put it all together with a neck profile and nut width that was accessible to anyone. I often meet players looking for an antique sound but cannot be comfortable on thick, old V neck guitars. This neck based on late 50’s Lg-1 to be good for both very small and large left hands.
The result was a robust but very excitable guitar with a full, fundamental body that defines the note. There’s still a complex swath of harmonics that shine depth into the pitch but straight forward fundamentals don’t blossom into or reverb out of the note, it’s thick and heavy from the tip to the tail. I’m very very very happy with it.
This guitar is built of 40 yr old Black Walnut back, sides and neck from East Kentucky and a gorgeous Spruce top cut from a 100+ yr old beam taken out of a demolished coal equipment house in SE Ohio. This guitar was old before it was even assembled.
Full hide glue construction and straight Shellac pore fill and finish mean this guitar is essentially Food Grade🤣. The most toxic component of this guitar might be the Walnut.
24 3/4 scale length
1 11/16 nut width
12’s are the suggested gauge