Friday 27th July '07

all of the braces on this Guitar Craft acoustic have now been glued in place and have to be shaped carefully for optimum tonal response, uing a violin makers plane

and several very sharp chisels.  Every time I carve a brace I tap the top to hear the tone generated and also to hear how it has changed.. fun

the side soundhole and cavity for the Fishman system are marked out

and then cut..

and filed then sanded to an almost finished state.. 

next up I make a template for the bridge plate,

and after cutting it out of a piece of rosewood the Go-bar jig is used to clamp it in place

the most time consuming, and painful, part of this job is tidying up the inside of the bowl-back.. but it will be done every now and then throughout the job until everything is ready to become an almost-guitar

I play around with the positioning of the extra top soundholes, these will add an amazing amount of volume to the bass and also a certain extra sweetness to the mid response.. Just what is needed for the New Standard Tuning that this beauty will be using.

the soundholes are cut out

then filed, sanded and profiled just how we want them..

this will be a very attractive guitar!  Over the weekend I will be unfortunately immersed in accountancy and similar mind-numbingly boring jobs, so wish me luck, but this guitar will be coming together pretty quickly once the new week begins!

Have a great weekend,

Ben