I’ve had some really great results with my laminate 14’s lately. This project is an experiment with the same body style, but this time with a carved top / back and traditional bracing. Its basically the same guitar as my floating block semi 14’s, but with no block. Gilad Hekselman came by the shop with his guitar which is basically a super customized floating block semi 14, and gave me the idea of doing a hollow version. The laminate 14’s sound great and the carved woods version should have an even woodier sound. These pics show the guitar going from raw woods, through assembly and into the staining and paint stage. It is a Burnt sienna violin color and will have a flat satin finish like this guitar.
