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Glen's Guitar Build: Radius Board Setup...

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Building an Acoustic Guitar. Last night I got the sanding jig close to completion. I got the idea and procedure from Kenneth Michael Guitars. He has a lot of great step-by-step tutorials on his site as well as tools, fixtures, and support forum. Watch John Hall from Blues Creek Guitars show us how to setup the sides in his YouTube video: Blues Creek Guitars - Setting up the Rims. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. There was an error in this gadget. Fingerboard Oil, ad infinitum.

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Glen's Guitar Build: Interlude...

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Building an Acoustic Guitar. Her catapult with adjustable legs. My oldest daughter Megan is involved with the Science Club at school. One of her first projects was to build a catapult which would be able to launch a 10g and 25g weight into a specified target. It needed to be adjustable so that it could launch both weights an equal distance by adjusting the catapult. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. There was an error in this gadget. Fingerboard Oil, ad infinitum.

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A few links to the websites I use. Musical Instrument Making Forum. Austrailia and New Zealand Luthiers Forum. UK Guitar Builders Forum. Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Licence. Creative Commons Licence BY-NC-ND. And the Graphene Theme.

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Glen's Guitar Build: Materials and Specifics

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Building an Acoustic Guitar. This acoustic guitar will be modeled after the C.F. Martin D-18, 14-fret Dreadnought with:. Bearclaw Sitka Spruce with forward shifted X-bracing. Solid wood, figured Makore (sometimes called African Cherry). 1-11/16"; 25.4 scale; Striped Ebony fretboard. 2-1/8" spacing; Striped Ebony. Undecided at this time. Undecided at this time. Undecided at this time. Many thanks to John Hall at Blues Creek Guitars. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.

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Glen's Guitar Build: Binding and Abalone...

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Building an Acoustic Guitar. After breathing a huge sigh of relief from cutting the channels it was now time to attach the binding and abalone. I chose the white plastic bindings and b/w/b strips on both sides of my abalone. I started by putting down a coat of shellac around the edge. I've been told the CA glue can wick into the end grain of the spruce top and turn to a yellow stain after a couple of years. The shellac will prevent that from happening. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Progress on an OM.

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Glen's Guitar Build: Rosette - FAIL...

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Building an Acoustic Guitar. SECURI DUM VIXI TACUI. In life I was silent,. In death I sweetly sing. Ok I mentioned earlier that I had an idea for a rosette. Well I drew it up on my CAD program, printed it out, taped it to my bear claw top and. HATED IT. Center ring: Abalone lettering inlaid into Makore (scrap from my back plate) with b/w/b (black/white/black) purfling. Outer rings: b/w/b/ purfling. It was sadly. just too gawdy for my tastes. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.

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Glen's Guitar Build: Fret Board...

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Building an Acoustic Guitar. Last night I got the abalone dots put into my fret board. The pictures really don't do them justice. They really pop in the right lighting. You can see the abalone ring placed in the rosette also. I was hoping to get the rosette finished tonight but am going to have to order some different purfling material for the rings. The project will be on hold for a few days while I wait for my material. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Progress on an OM.

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Glen's Guitar Build: Neck and Tail Block...

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Building an Acoustic Guitar. Neck and Tail Block. Mahogany Neck and Tail/End Blocks. There's a slight radius on the tail block side that is glued to the rim. I decided not to mess with that and just put my inlay on the opposite side. I was shocked when I learned that if a guitar is ever dropped on it's strap end pin the sides can have a tendency to split. possibly all the way to the neck! Neck and Tailblock ready. To be glued to the sides. Well It's official - I threw my first major hissy-fit. Being much...

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Glen's Guitar Build: First Step...

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Building an Acoustic Guitar. The first step is to prepare the sides for assembly. You can see in the picture the spreaders that I built from 3/8" turnbuckles and the sides ready to be trimmed. In hindsight, I probably got a little crazy with the spreaders. I don't think I really needed spreaders for the upper and lower bouts. The waist spreader was probably enough. Oh well, I'll have them in case I need them for something. Another view of the setup. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Progress on an OM.

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Glen's Guitar Build: Back Bracing...

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Building an Acoustic Guitar. 3mm Abalone for rosette. My rosette material should be arriving soon. I've ordered cruved 3mm abalone for the rosette from Duke Luthier. And it should be here either today or tomorrow. Once the rosette is installed I can get the bracing for the top glued into place. Rosette is the next step. Hopefully, I'll have more to report once that's done. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. There was an error in this gadget. Fingerboard Oil, ad infinitum. Chris...