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  3. Bending
  4. And More Bending!
  5. Neck Block & Kerfing
  6. Top, Back, & Kerfed Side Set
  7. Side Reinforcements & Rosette Channel
  8. Braces
  9. Even More Braces!
  10. The Soundbox
  11. Binding & Neck
  12. The Neck, Continued
  13. Finish Carving the Neck
  14. Peghead Inlay
  15. Finishing!!!
  16. Rubbing Out the Finish & Gluing the Neck and Bridge
  17. Leveling Frets, Nut & Saddle Work, and Stringing Her Up!!!
  18. The Final Product!!!

(last updated 8/19/06)

 

Monday, July 10th:

In the past few days, I've done quite a bit. Below, I am gluing on a small piece of spruce to cover the x-brace intersection. This will later be carved to blend in with the rest of the brace.

 

 

Here are a couple of cauls that will be used later, underneath the top, when I glue the fingerboard extension and the bridge. The one on top, I had from a previous guitar, and it happened to fit this one, so I didn't have to make one. The bottom bridge caul, however, I did have to make from scratch.

 

 

Here's the top after I have carved and scalloped the braces:

 

 

Another view of the carved top braces:

 

After sanding the kerfing down with my radius dishes, I fit the back to the sides. I used my Dremel to rout out notches in the kerfing for the brace ends. Then it was time to glue the back to the sides:

 

After I took the back out of the mold, I used my bandsaw and belt sander to trim the back overhang flush with the sides. I made my label.

 

 

I cleaned up the back, and did the same procedure for fitting the top to the sides. Here I am gluing the top to the sides.

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