Reclaimed wood, basic tools acoustic guitar build (First attempt)

I decided to try to build a guitar and I didn't want to waste any money on real equipment or lumber. I used old pine boards I got for free from someone's garage for the body and a piece of maple I literally found in the trash for the neck.
In reality, I made a series of mistakes and band-aid solutions that ended up being a guitar shaped object capable of making music. I hope to try again and improve on this.

[@martinlouden9005]

Its beautiful and sounds beautiful too.

[@dannylewisguitars]

Thank you! My second acoustic turned out better but this one was a fun learning experience. Check out the video for my second one: ruclips.net/video/ovcgG-RuW18/видео.html

[@stevesstrings5243]

We all make mistakes. Nice save! New subscriber here! I’ve just binged on your videos. I look forward to seeing more!

[@dannylewisguitars]

Thanks!

[@amanthatthinks]

I'm more fascinated by your guiter playing.

[@TheVikingBlues]

Dude good first attempt

[@tomalexiou9573]

Online forums said don't use pine it will crack.That didn't stop you,you made it work! Great job!

[@dannylewisguitars]

Yeah! Even lowly pine can work okay!

[@tomalexiou9573]

I just noticed your go bar deck.Great idea!

[@GrumpyTy34er]

I made a similar bridge issue on my first uke. In fairness, adobe changed my scale on me when I printed it.

[@dannylewisguitars]

I think thats what happened to me too. Now, I don't trust the scale length of my templates. I measure the 12th fret and double it. Lesson learned!

[@MOVIE_MUSIC_STORE]

I'm a poor man so I can't buy a guitar and make it as good as yours. Then the guitar seems like a dream 🥺🥺🥺

[@Grumplefut]

Great idea with table on top to clamp the wood down!

[@CivilizedWarrior]

Looks awesome dude. Don’t sound half bad either. I’m looking into doing something similar. What kind of wood did you use for the soundboard?

[@dannylewisguitars]

Thanks! I'm not actually sure what this wood is. I got it free from craigslist. Its not a softwood so its not very typical of a soundboard. The back and sides of this one are pine which is also unusual. I just wanted to see if I could make it work before I spent any money on good lumber!
I made another acoustic last month and I found some reclaimed spruce for the top and reclaimed cherry for the back and sides. Here's the video for that one: ruclips.net/video/ovcgG-RuW18/видео.html