Trimmed in my vintage style with Madagascar rosewood fingerboard, bridge and headstock
13.5" wide with a 24.9" scale.
Prepping sides for bending
Side sandwich inserted into bender and heating up
Sides bent and cooking
Headstock choices
Bookmatched Koa is selected
Joining the back
The neck and tail block are in
Installing some colorful crack restraint
Installing the kerfed linings
Machining the sides to the proper contour to accept the back
Clamping the back braces in the go bar deck
Trimming the sound hole
Completed Rosette
Shaping the back braces
Matching back trim
Back strip closeup
The top is aboiut complete and the back needs a few more pieces
The neck and fingerboard in progress
The back is one
Top ready to go on too
Glueing on the top, it is on the bottom of the stack
putting the pieces together
Binding is on
Tpo all cleaned up
Back all cleaned up
Trial fitting the neck and fingerboard
Attaching the fingerboard to the neck blank
The color is on but still unmasked
Neck shaded
Unmasking the trim
Final neck fit.
Removing the finish under the fingerboard
The neck is on, tomorrow I fret it and maybe get the bridge on as well.
Small abalone position markers are in and frets are ready to install.
Frets are in.
Pic showing your sound port
Pics of the finished guitar
