Almost finished. On Tuesday, we glued on the bridge, cut and shaped the bone bridge nut? and temporarily attached the neck. Here we mark the location of the bridge. IMG20240507191706.jpg Then we tape it into place. IMG20240507191605.jpg We just loosely set then in place and use a straight edge to se...

andrewsrea wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:54 am I agree

I agree with your agreement.

Thought we were gonna install the neck but not this week. Here we line up where the jig goes to cut the slot for the neck. IMG20240430183614.jpg Here is the routing process. We stepped it down 5x. https://youtu.be/PDC4yQvr-hE IMG20240430191546.jpg Then we had to use another jig for the front. IMG202...

Did some fretwork last night and glued the fretboard onto the neck. Here is Spencer using a file to get the fret tangs even with the wood. https://youtu.be/7QA0Y3ZTuDc Then we use this one to put an angle on the frets. IMG20240423191350.jpg Next, we use a small file to round over the ends. https://y...

Very late posted this. This is last weeks update. I was busy with work... Last week was very tedious. We sanded and filed the binding. Thankfully my router booboo came out ok. IMG20240416184951.jpg This is just the dust from the back! IMG20240416193257.jpg Here is Spencer filing the binding. We put ...

It won't be long now until we have a sound clip! About 3 more weeks. Next week is cutting out for the neck, gluing the fretboard on. The class does not include a finish...But we can schedule some time to come in and apply an oil finish... I'd like to do that before we install the tuners and string ...

After just putting in dots on the fretboard of the guitar my son and I are building.......I cant imagine the talent needed to do that!
And thats before CNC machines....

So what is the prognosis for your project - will you have to replace the whole top or can it be fixed? We doubled up the decorative binding. And then the tan colored binding will hide the 2 layers. You can see in the very last pic how it looks.. I do intermingle my build and my sons.....but that la...

Routed the body to shape and routed for binding. Had a major oopsie.... the router depth slipped.... Here we router out the excess material to get the final shape of the guitar body. https://youtu.be/Tr4C_cyqcxI Then we sand. https://youtu.be/qz4QVFA9Kec Next, we set up a jig for the back keystone p...

THIS WEEKS UPDATE IS IN 2 POSTS. - Check the post above if you missed it. Here we lay the top on the body and mark the overhanging bracing to be cut off. IMG20240402203811.jpg https://youtu.be/RZZC5Z2JeNU Apply the glue. IMG20240402212014.jpg Place the top and start clamping. https://youtu.be/Rt1pn_...

Big night last night.....Glued on the top and got fretwire in the board. THIS WEEKS UPDATE IS IN 2 POSTS. Glued in bracing around the soundhole. IMG20240402184821.jpg Added blocking. IMG20240402190020.jpg Place bottle on top for weight. IMG20240402190029.jpg While that dries, we moved to sanding the...

tonebender wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:24 pm Man, there is a lot of work that goes into one of these babies. I wish I had those kind of skills.

It really is manageable. Everything is broken down into small skills/tasks.
The pre-made templates and jigs really help.

Class was on the shorter side last night. Ran the tops through the thickness planer to get them down to their final thickness (or thinness) Amazing how the much flimsier the spruce tops are to our myrtlwood.. IMG20240326183949.jpg Then we laid out the brace template and marked the locations. IMG2024...

Fun, but I have mixed feelings. At the risk of sounding like a wet blanket, it sounds like a garage band auditioning a new guitarist or some guys jamming at an open mic night. Here's a related video with the same vibe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxPY6uZEbfw I mean...I'm hardly a guitar player ...

Started the night cutting out the soundhole. https://youtu.be/nLAEBTXW2gs IMG20240319185851.jpg Then we glued the fingerboard to this contraption. Check the video. It swings over some sandpaper to get a 16 degree radius. IMG20240319193011.jpg https://youtu.be/VLpHFJmLdd8 Here you can see the radius ...

I'm a fan of Rick Beato (youtuber) and he opined that the streaming services are bad for music in that you listen to something and your put into an algorithm
and then silo'd into that style/genre of music. You never/rarely get exposed to anything new outside of your genre because of the algorithms...

I quickly looked at the title and thought it read Eric Cartman...

A bit of a short class last night.... Made a punch location in order to align the template. IMG20240312185907.jpg IMG20240312185912.jpg IMG20240312190057.jpg Then we drilled out the hole. IMG20240312190350.jpg Lay down the template to the drilled holes and trace it out. IMG20240312190836.jpg Cut out...

Our tops pre-glue Obligatory kid on phone.....Actually, he's been really good about paying attention and being involved...
I think he's enjoying it.

Struggled through getting over Covid for this weeks build... We took the body and flipped it over and attached kerfing to the top.. IMG20240305183750.jpg IMG20240305185429.jpg IMG20240305185435.jpg While that was drying, we took our tops and planed them down. IMG20240305191548.jpg Then we ran them t...

@nomadh Come to Bethlehem, PA for a week long class and build one!

Removed the clamps and used a planer to even up the kerfing. IMG20240227184036.jpg https://youtu.be/tMtrTUJMSeI Then we used the 15 degree sanding block to finish sand the radius. https://youtu.be/YWClehY8xME We used a gauge to roughly mark the angle of the brace. IMG20240227191409.jpg Then we used ...

@tonebender Fly up here and take a week long class yourself!

But yeah...I'm excited.

Class was canceled last week due to snow. This week.... IMG20240220184412.jpg We took the sides out of the jig but not before lining up the mid point and making a mark. IMG20240220185458.jpg We cut the sides to exact length on the bandsaw IMG20240220190033.jpg Then we sanded the insides. IMG20240220...