Here is the back being joined
And the Adirondack spruce top ready to make the joint.
Joining the top halves with a little hot hide glue.
The back with back trim installed.
Closeup of back trim.
Glueing braces to the back.
The back is almost finished
The top is ready for braces.
Close up of Rosette.
The sides are ready for bending.
Brace glueup
And the bridge patch.
Sides in the mold, glueing in the blocks.
Adding some crack containment strips.
Pre bending the kerfed linings make for an easier installation.
Tuning up the braces.
The top and back are ready to go onto the sides.
Adding the linings to receive the top & back.
Attaching the back.
Sides with linings and crack container tape.
Readt to recieve the top and back plates.
A couple of necks coming along.
Glueing on the top, it is at the bottom of the stack here.
Fingerboards slotted on the table saw.
The box is closed.
Form the back.
Binding on the fingerboard.
Adding the top trim pieces.
The box is about ready for the neck.
The trim is all scraped down and ready for some serious sanding.
Shaping up a neck with a modified V profile.
Inlaying the logo.
Testing the fit.
Looking like a guitar huh!
Puting in some side fret marker dots with a fat one at the 12th fret.
A pair almost ready for the spray booth. Billy's is on the right.
Filling the pores is the forst step of the finish.
Add a little shading and a little oil varnish.
Nice and shiny but still a lot more work ahead.
All finished spraying. The finish needs to cure for at least a few weeks and then lots of sanding and buffing before final assembly and setup.
Wet sanding the sound box before the buff out.
Clearing off some finish to glue the neck and fingerboard on.
Glue and clamp the neck.
Installing frets
Tap tap tap.....
I glued the bridge on this morning and should be able to string her up tomorrow!
These pics were taken with a flash so it is not quite as bright in person as these last four pics show.
Hey John,
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work, thanks for the update.
Billy