- Materials: 14 fret, 29.4 scale Harmony Stella body style and size. Mahogany neck, pine body with mahogany binding, rosette, fret board, head veneer, back stripe and end graft, and custom-made bridge, worm hole rosette and back stripe, medium nickel frets, Grover Sta-Tite 18:1 chrome tuners and bone nut and saddle.
- Length: 38 1/2″, Body:18″, Lower Bout: 13 1/2″, Waist: 8 1/4″, Upper Bout: 9 5/8″, Depth at Neck: 3 1/4″, At Heel: 3 3/4″, 1 13/16′ Nut
- Year made: 2025
- Available, for sale: $3500.00 (hard case included)
More about this guitar
I’ve seen a lot of guitars built with old timbers salvaged from historical buildings. They seem to be mostly electric guitars. This one is special due to the fact it came from a historical structure in the town of Kingston, New Hampshire, where I live and work. When I learned of the renovations to take place at the Grace Daley Barn, an 1800’s structure, I quickly took the opportunity to obtain a board in order to build an acoustic guitar from it. Old floorboards were available for the taking. They may or may not have been from the 1800’s. I learned the floor may have been replaced in the 1960’s, according to the town’s Heritage Commission where I was an active member at the time. When slicing the board to create the body panels, I saved the worm hole sections and used them as design elements for the back stripe and rosette. The guitar is very light weight, has amazing playability and sounds as beautiful as it looks.
