Here's a question for you luthiers out there.
I attended a guitar building class years ago.....actually, it was in 1981. I started to build a steel-strung 12 string dreadnaught guitar out of beautiful flame maple.
The sides, back and neck are maple, and the soundboard is old, bookmatched Sitka spruce. The body is fully braced and assembled. The neck is assembled, complete with steel truss rod. The rosewood fretboard is installed, but only about half of the frets are installed. Although I have a rosewood bridge, it has not been installed. It has a slotted headstock, and the classical style tuners have been fitted.
As best I can tell, it still needs binding, some frets and the bridge and nut installed, and the finish.
My question for you guys is this. How much do you think it would cost me to have this project finished? Would it be worth the investment to have a pro bring this old project to life?
I attended a guitar building class years ago.....actually, it was in 1981. I started to build a steel-strung 12 string dreadnaught guitar out of beautiful flame maple.
The sides, back and neck are maple, and the soundboard is old, bookmatched Sitka spruce. The body is fully braced and assembled. The neck is assembled, complete with steel truss rod. The rosewood fretboard is installed, but only about half of the frets are installed. Although I have a rosewood bridge, it has not been installed. It has a slotted headstock, and the classical style tuners have been fitted.
As best I can tell, it still needs binding, some frets and the bridge and nut installed, and the finish.
My question for you guys is this. How much do you think it would cost me to have this project finished? Would it be worth the investment to have a pro bring this old project to life?