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Robert O'Brien International Classical Course Kit Wizard - price determined by choices

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These kits are designed specifically for international students taking Robert O'Brien's online building courses. Since CITES/regulated material can't be shipped internationally, we have built these kits with materials that can be exported. As with the other O'Brien kits, there are more required items than most Kit Wizard choices so we can ensure you have all the materials you need to complete the course.

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Plan - Required Item 250 char. max
Back/Side Set - Required Item 250 char. max
Backstrip - Required Item 250 char. max
Soundboard - Required Item 250 char. max
Rosette - Required Item 250 char. max
Fingerboard - Required Item 250 char. max
Binding - Required Item 250 char. max
Purfling & Wood Strips - Required Item 250 char. max
Neck - Required Item 250 char. max
Bridge - Required Item 250 char. max
Bridge Pad- Required Item 250 char. max
Fretwire - Required Item 250 char. max
Headplate & Headplate Veneer - Required Items 250 char. max
Tail/End Block - Required Item 250 char. max
Backjoint Reinforcement - Required Item 250 char. max
Kerfing - Required Item 250 char. max
Bone Nut & Saddle - Required Items 250 char. max
Bracewood - Required Item 250 char. max
Tuning Machines - Required Item 250 char. max
Binding Tape & Glue - Required Item 250 char. max
Instructional Material - Optional Item 250 char. max
LMI Apron - Required Item 250 char. max
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Bone Nut, Saddle, and Tie Block Inlays - Required Items 250 char. max
LMI Apron - Optional Item 250 char. max

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Plan - Required Item

The PL79 O'Brien classical guitar plan is the plan Robbie uses in this kit.

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Plan, Robert O’Brien Classical (ref: PL79)

This is a nicely drawn 2 page set of plans for a 650mm fan-braced guitar designed by Colorado luthier Robert O’Brien (author of our very popular ”Tips du Jour” videos). Robbie has used these plans to teach many of his classical students, so they are tried and tested.

Drawn by R. Padron.

$13.14

Plan, Robert O’Brien Classical (ref: PL79)

$13.14

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Black Limba Classical Back and Sides
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Bocote Classical Back and Sides
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Chechen Classical Back and Sides
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Ishpingo Classical Back and Sides
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Koa Classical Back and Sides
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Macassar Ebony Classical Back and Sides
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Machiche Classical Back and Sides
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Malaysian Blackwood Classical Back and Sides
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Maple, American Classical Back and Sides
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Maple, European Classical Back and Sides
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Monterey Cypress Classical Back and Sides
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Myrtle Classical Back and Sides
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Ovangkol Classical Back and Sides
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Peruvian Walnut Classical Back and Sides
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Spanish Cypress Classical Back and Sides
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Tzalam Classical Back and Sides
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Walnut, Black Classical Back and Sides
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Wenge Classical Back and Sides
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Ziricote Classical Back and Sides
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12	$6.15	Up to $24.60

Backstrip, Ebony w/Maple lam (ref: BTAE1)

$8.20

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Soundboard - Required Item

Robbie typically recommends 3A Spruce, but he has given you leeway to make other choices.

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Classical Kit Wizard Guitar Tops
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Rosette - Required Item

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Classical Guitar Rosettes - Kit Wizard
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Fingerboard - Required Item

Robbie has chosen a West African Ebony fingerboard.

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West African Ebony fingerboard, 1st grade, classical/steel string (ref: FBAE1STD)

West African Ebony has been a standard fingerboard wood for factory guitars in Europe and America, and for many builders, it is preferred because it is easier to plane and is more stable than other Ebonies. It is rarely pure-black, but the streaks and mottling that are indicative of West African Ebony are now largely accepted in the marketplace.

Ebony Grading

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Would you like us to slot, radius and/or thickness sand your fingerboard? Choose fingerboard customizations below.

$29.61

West African Ebony fingerboard, 1st grade, classical/steel string (ref: FBAE1STD)

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Binding - Required Item

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Purfling & Wood Strips - Required Item

B/W purfling has been selected for the top and Maple wood strips for the back.

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4	$1.71	Up to $1.21
12	$1.51	Up to $6.03

Wood strip, Maple (ref: WSMP2)

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$2.01

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4	$2.32	Up to $1.64
12	$2.05	Up to $8.19

Purfling, BW 20/20 (ref: PFLMSH4)

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$2.73

Neck - Required Item

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4	$31.06	Up to $15.36

Khaya neck blank, 1st grade, 35" x 3" x 7/8" (ref: NKKH1353)

$34.90

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4	$35.40	Up to $17.50

Sapele neck blank, 1st grade, 35" x 3" x 7/8" (ref: NKSA1353)

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Bridge - Required Item

African Ebony has been chosen to match the fingerboard.

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6	$7.35	Up to $5.45

West African Ebony bridge blank, 1st grade, classical (ref: BBAE1CL)

$8.26

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Bridge Pad- Required Item

Spruce is the standard for this part.

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6	$1.59	Up to $1.18

Spruce classical bridge pad 12" (ref: WBRSL)

$1.79

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Fretwire - Required Item

Robbie has chosen our classical standby FW72H.

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Fretwire, for nylon, 12% nickel/silver, 4 feet (ref: FW72H)

$5.47

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Headplate & Headplate Veneer - Required Items

An African Ebony headplate and Maple veneer are the choices here. Please choose both.

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6	$1.02	Up to $0.76

Maple headplate veneer, .6mm (ref: WHMPV)

$1.15

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6	$10.72	Up to $7.95

Ebony, West African headplate, 1st grade (ref: HPAE1)

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Tail/End Block - Required Item

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Tailblock, Khaya, 5" x 3" x 1" (ref: TBKH)

The end block is the block that stabilizes the end of the guitar where the sides meet at the lower bout. The long edges of the block can be chamfered for an attractive look on the inside of your guitar.

This size of these blocks may not necessarily match your plan, but this is a non-critical dimension. This block is essentially for reinforcement of the side seam and it can be slightly over or under-sized.

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$5.01

Tailblock, Khaya, 5" x 3" x 1" (ref: TBKH)

$5.01
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Tailblock, Sapele, 5" x 3" x 1" (ref: TBSA)

The end block is the block that stabilizes the end of the guitar where the sides meet at the lower bout. The long edges of the block can be chamfered for an attractive look on the inside of your guitar.

This size of these blocks may not necessarily match your plan, but this is a non-critical dimension. This block is essentially for reinforcement of the side seam and it can be slightly over or under-sized.

$5.01

Tailblock, Sapele, 5" x 3" x 1" (ref: TBSA)

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Backjoint Reinforcement - Required Item

Cedar backjoint reinforcement is commonly used on this type of instrument.

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Cedar back joint reinforcement (ref: BJRSC)

This cross-grained strip is glued to the inside of the back, spanning and reinforcing the joint of the back halves. These reinforcements are beveled and ready-to-go except for final shaping to a rounded profile, which is done after the strip is glued to the back.

$4.99

Cedar back joint reinforcement (ref: BJRSC)

$4.99

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Kerfing - Required Item

Robbie prefers reversed profile Mahogany kerfing. It's attractive and easy to work with. Choose 4, 2 for the back and 2 for the top.

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4	$7.34	Up to $5.18
12	$6.48	Up to $25.92

Honduran Mahogany kerfing, reverse (ref: WKFMR)

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$8.64

Bone Nut, Saddle, and Tie Block Inlays - Required Items

These are the bone items Robbie suggests. Please select 1 each of the nut and saddle and 3 tie block inlays.

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12	$3.54	Up to $5.25
24	$2.99	Up to $23.88

Nut, bone, 1/4" x 11/32" x 2 3/16" (ref: N1)

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$3.98

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12	$3.49	Up to $5.17
24	$2.94	Up to $23.52

Saddle, bone, standard, 3/32" x 5/16" x 3 1/4" (ref: S1)

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$3.92

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Bone tieblock inlay, .080" x .080" x 3.6" (ref: TBIL)

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$3.57

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Nuts, bone, 1/4" x 13/32" x 2 1/4" (ref: N3)

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$3.98

Bracewood - Required Item

Robbie has chosen Engelmann Spruce for the top and Cedar for the back.

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Engelmann Spruce bracewood, 1st grade

Bracewood is becoming harder to get as wood, in general, becomes scarcer. Mills are attempting to get the highest yields possible from their logs and/or billets meaning that there is less fall down from which to create bracewood. As a result, the quality of bracewood suffers – it won’t be perfectly quartersawn, the grain may not be straight the full length of the piece, there may be small defects and the grain could be wider than one is accustomed to. This is an industry-wide phenomenon and is outside of our control.

Unless otherwise noted, each bracewood unit is equivalent to 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 20", though the actual dimensions of the pieces you get may vary. You may get 1 or 2 pieces that will be equal to or more than this equivalent.

$7.49

Engelmann Spruce bracewood, 1st grade (ref: BWES)

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Western Redcedar bracewood, 1st grade

Bracewood is becoming harder to get as wood, in general, becomes scarcer. Quartersawn wood is directed at necks, backs, and tops. Mills are attempting to get the highest yields possible from their material meaning that there is less fall down from which to create bracewood. As a result, the quality of bracewood suffers – it won’t be quartersawn and often the grain will run "corner to corner" In addition, the grain may not be straight the full length of the piece, there may be small defects and the grain could be wider than one is accustomed to. This is an industry-wide phenomenon and is outside of our control.

Unless otherwise noted, each unit is equivalent to 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 20", though the actual dimensions of the pieces may vary. 2 units may come in a double-sized blank.

$6.62

Western Redcedar bracewood, 1st grade (ref: BWWC)

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$6.62

Tuning Machines - Required Item

Robbie typically uses the GGCR tuning machines, but we have given you a couple more choices here.

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3	$74.79	Up to $27.73

Gotoh, gold plate, matte finish, ivoroid button (ref: GGCR)

$84.03

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3	$84.22	Up to $31.23

Gotoh, gold plate, matte finish, black plastic buttons (ref: GGCRE)

$94.63

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Schaller Hauser-style, gold plate, pearloid buttons (ref: SHG1)

$100.97

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Binding Tape & Glue - Required Item

Robbie likes to include binding tape and glue in his kit. Choose one of each.

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Binding tape, .680" wide (ref: FT75)

Most factories and hand makers use tape to hold the bindings and purflings in place while gluing them to the edge of the body. Regular masking tape is generally too weak and tears under the pressure needed to press the bindings and purflings firmly into the routed channels. Filament tape—plenty strong enough—must be cut to length with scissors or a knife and is expensive. The tape of choice is this binding tape, our FT75, made from stiff paper with a strong rubber-based adhesive. It is strong enough to apply sufficient pressure with a strong adhesive yet can be torn by hand as you work. Each roll should do at least 5 or 6 guitars.

$5.60

Binding tape, .680" wide (ref: FT75)

$5.60
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LMI Yellow Instrument Glue, 8 oz. (ref: FGX)

Over the years LMI has provided guitar makers with the best possible adhesives to use on their instruments. Our yellow instrument glue has an amazing set of features that exceed anything else we have offered in the past.

$8.36

LMI Yellow Instrument Glue, 8 oz. (ref: FGX)

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Instructional Material - Optional Item

Choose any or all of the accompanying material offered at a discount.

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Build a Classical Guitar, Robbie O’Brien (ref: BM61)

by Robbie O'Brien

We were surprised and delighted when luthier Robert O’Brien, who at that time was an instructor at Colorado’s Red Rocks Community College, informed us that he had been having his students order our kits and that he was making an instructional DVD based on them. Building from LMI kits, O’Brien thoughtfully chose to use a slideshow format creating more than 1400 photos and 3 ½ hours of audio for each DVD, rather than a video format. This enables him to document every step of the building process on a single, affordable DVD disc. He creates this classical DVD in the school's well-equipped shop using common power tools, and he gives suggestions on how most of the operations can be completed with hand tools.

$41.99

Build a Classical Guitar, Robbie O’Brien (ref: BM61)

$41.99
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Build a Steel String Guitar, Robbie O’Brien (ref: BM62)

by Robbie O’Brien

We were surprised and delighted when luthier Robert O’Brien, who at that time was an instructor at Colorado’s Red Rocks Community College, informed us that he had been having his students order our kits and that he was making an instructional DVD based on them. Building from LMI kits, O’Brien thoughtfully chose to use a slideshow format creating more than 1400 photos and 3 ½ hours of audio for each DVD, rather than a video format. This enables him to document every step of the building process on a single, affordable DVD disc

$41.99

Build a Steel String Guitar, Robbie O’Brien (ref: BM62)

$41.99
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Guitar Finishing with Robert O'Brien (ref: BM68)

by Robbie O'Brien

In addition to his instructional DVDs on guitar construction, Robert O’Brien offers DVDs on guitar finishing. Using a slideshow format with audio, Robert teaches how to choose and apply several types of finishes including oil varnishes, shellac, waterborne, lacquers, and urethanes as well as French Polish. The portion on French Polish includes video clips to easily learn the technique. This DVD will take your guitar finishing to new levels whether you are a beginner or an experienced luthier. Learn many new techniques as Robert explains all the ins and outs of guitar finishing.

$31.48

Guitar Finishing with Robert O'Brien (ref: BM68)

$31.48
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Build an Electric Guitar, Robbie O’Brien (ref: BM76)

by Robbie O'Brien

Robert O'Brien's latest DVD in his instructional guitar building and finishing series. He uses a slideshow and audio format that makes it easy for anyone to build a standard electric guitar with a traditional body size and shape.

$31.49

Build an Electric Guitar, Robbie O’Brien (ref: BM76)

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LMI Apron - Optional Item

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Apron, LMI logo, one size fits all (ref: APRON)

LMI's aprons are made from 65% polyester and 35% cotton. Featuring "Stain Release Technology", they are easy to clean and maintain their color. They have three large front pockets for stashing critical stuff that is typically lost on the bench. The neck-straps are easily adjusted and the ties are super long for the full-figured guy or gal. Aprons are embellished with an embroidered Luthiers Mercantile logo. Machine washable.

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Apron, LMI logo, one size fits all (ref: APRON)

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