A little progress on my L-00

[Dave Anderson]

I have the top and back glued on with HHG and trimmed, scraped and sanded. This L-00 is going to be a very understated Non-bling infested guitar. I'm building this one for myself It's got a nice,stiff Red spruce top I got from Zootman and curley Honduran mahogany back and sides also from Bob.
The binding,bridge,fb.,rosette,top purf.,and head plate are BRW.

[BillyT]

Beautiful work Dave! This ones going to be very nice I can tell already! Like that center strip! Are the binding going to be the same wood?

[Allen]

I took care of the duplicate post Dave.

Can you tell me the dimensions of your L-00? It looks to be quite a deep body. I've got some small back and side sets that are sold as parlor size, so I'm looking for a small body design that is going to work with them.

Great looking so far, I look forward to seeing more.

[Dave Anderson]

Billy, Thanks, yeah the bindings will match.I made it a little thin for the small size of the guitar.

Allen, thanks . it's- 4 1/8" at the bottom and 3 7/8"at the neck.
14 3/4 -lower bout
10" - upper
8 1/2 - waist

[Bob Connor]

Very nice Dave.

The Brazilian fingerboard, bridge and bindings will set it off nicely.

Bob

[Dave Anderson]

Yeah,I agree Bob, the BRW should set it off just right! thanks

[Dave Anderson]

Here is the brw rosette. I still have some small holes to fill and sand
around the edge.

[Hesh1956]

Looking great Dave buddy! My L-OO's came out deep bodied too but I don't think that it hurt them any.

I love using core guitar building woods and you covered all of those bases on this one perfectly, red spruce, Honduran Mahogany, and BRW - what could be any better than that!

Great job Dave!

Now you need to get yourself a Saturday evening lady killing suit, a bottle of Jack, a pistol, and bone up on Robert Johnson tunes and you will be good to go.

[Dave Anderson]

Now you need to get yourself a Saturday evening lady killing suit, a bottle of Jack, a pistol, and bone up on Robert Johnson tunes and you will be good to go.

Thanks Hesh man! Woooo Hooooo !! Now you're talkin'

[Allen]

Billy, Thanks, yeah the bindings will match.I made it a little thin for the small size of the guitar.

Allen, thanks . it's- 4 1/8" at the bottom and 3 7/8"at the neck.
14 3/4 -lower bout
10" - upper
8 1/2 - waist

What scale length is used on L-00's? I think that the parlor sets are going to be too small for one of these, but I sure do like the look of them.

[Kim]

Very nice Dave, these smaller guitars are so elegant and you combination of wood fits together perfectly.

Cheers

Kim

[Tom Morici]

Allen,

If your parlor sets are too small for a L-00 you may want to try the L-1
that you see in the pic of Robert Johnson. The lower bout is 13 1/2".
In the Gibson flat top book they say the scale length is just under 25".

I plan on using the Martin 24.9" when I build myself a L-1 sometime this year. Hope this helps.

Tom

[Dave Anderson]

Thanks a lot guys...

Allen, I'm using a short scale (24.9) on this one too as Tom said.
On the GAL. plan the scale Gibson used is 24,25/32 Not to much difference from Martins

[Serge]

WHOA! WOW Dave, that one is going to make ya sing like a bird my friend, i love that Honduran mahog/Redspruce combo, very elegant and i can't wait to see al that BRW for thew rest, it sure will make yer days when done man!

Awesome!

[Craig]

I'm sure this is going to be a fantastic guitar Dave. Alas , we can no longer get Honduran Mahogany sets over here which is a great shame.

I built my No. 1 with it , and it's a real chest thumper. I look forward to seeing this one finished . Looking very impressive so far !

Great work Dave !


Cheers Craig

[Arnt]

It is going to be a lovely guitar; one of my favorite shapes, built with wonderful woods, what's not to like?

[Dave Anderson]

Thank You guys,I appreciate it. I'm just starting the neck on this one
so I have a long way to go. I might do a 5 piece with- mahog/maple/rw/maple/mahog.