009 — Thorne Guitars

First guitar based on the Gibson L-O body style from the 1920-30’s. It is a small body with neck joint at the 12th fret. This involved building the body and side bending molds based on plans from the now closed Luthier’s Mercantile. It has a different bracing pattern than the typical X-brace pattern found on most other guitars. Also the first time I used a slotted headstock.

Scale - 25.4 (neck joint at 12th fret)

Back & Sides - Indian Rosewood

Soundboard - Sitka Spruce

Neck - Mahogany with stacked heel

Fingerboard - Ebony with Flame Maple binding

Bridge - Pao Ferro

Binding - Flame Maple

Rosette - Herringbone

Endwedge - Flame Maple

Braces - Spruce

Heelblock and Endblock - Mahogany

Tuners - Waverly