The Soundbox, Continued

Saturday, June 18th, 2011:

As soon as I woke up today, I removed the soundbox from the go-bar deck. It came out well!!! Here are a few quick photos of how it looks right now, before I have trimmed the overhang:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's a side view, so you can see the taper of the side:

 

I always LOVE this stage of the building — when the soundbox is finally all put together — because the instrument feels so REAL now. It's a very SOLID box now, and I can now envision how it will actually feel holding it and playing it!

Today, the first thing I will do, of course, is trim the overhang. Then it will time to work on the end wedge and move on to the binding!!!