Hello all,
I know I've been here on and off for a long time now and nowhere near as experienced as I should be but I have an excuse: I've been raising and advocating for a young man with severe autism. I could write a book but I won't drag you down that rabbit hole.
Suffice it to say, I've been dealing with sleep deprivation and PTSD for a while and this tinkering thing has been both a diversion and sometimes a distraction. Now that said young man is grown and living in a group home (don't worry, I visit him twice a week) and I'm looking to make it the next act in my life.
Along the past 15 years I've completed two builds, bought a lot of tools, made and bought a lot of jigs, patched up one guitar and currently have two builds in progress and another repair on my workbench. This thread will now be focused on the first of these two builds, a Martin 000-28V inspired build in black walnut/sitka which has a bit of a story of its own. Here's where I am with it after 10 years on and off - though the bulk of the work was done last year with this year being catch up after a mistake that I'll get into in due course. I'm in the final phases (currently French polishing it and shimming the dovetail joint) with hopes of stringing it up once the winter weather breaks.
