MP3s
 
These sound files will give you an idea of how a kit guitar can be made to sound. If you have a sound file from a kit you would like to put up here, click the Email link and let me know.
 
 
This sound file is under
two minutes. It is my first
Stewmac Triple-O,  East
Indian Rosewood and
Western Red Cedar.
(Recorded in Garageband
with a condenser vocal mic,
14” in front of the 12th fret,
about 5% reverb.)
 
 
 
 
This soundfile is from Pat Foster, a member of the Kit Guitar Forum. This was Pat’s first kit, and came together beautifully! Note the parabolic bracing; not scalloped --and the sound is full and sweet!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
From Holland, and the hands of Herman Arendsen comes this beautiful HD28 with Golden Era neck, European Spruce top and East Indian rosewood back and sides The guitar was built for a friend of Herman’s. Both Herman and his friend tragically lost their young daughters not long ago, and so these pictures and the
 
This is my second
Stewmac Triple-O, East Indian Rosewood and Adirondack (red) Spruce. 1 13/16” nut.  Recorded with an Edirol R-09; no effects added at any point. Love that resonance!
sound clip that is attached are dedicated to
Fathers Who Have Lost A Child.
 
According to Herman, when he built the guitar:
“I thought I was just helping him, but in a way I helped myself too. Creating beauty gives a very positive impulse.”