Acoustic Guitar Construction

Every time I've ever seen these in construction education media they've been called "cleats" and were described as being used to reinforce the top joint to help prevent it from separating along the seam. My thoughts are that if the joint is good, cleats shouldn't be necessary.

I wish I had the time to build one of these things. I wish I had the space as well. :(

Excellent links -- it is a shame the publication has not gone through a re-edited, updated and reprinted. All the original manuscripts were hand written, sent to a typesetter, blah blah, the old fashioned way. It's not like nowadays where you just fire up the ol' word processor, make a few edits, a...

I refer to this book often although never for pointers on how to connect the neck! Apparently Cumpiano doesn't either, heh heh! Here's what he does now: http://www.cumpiano.com/Home/Articles/Special%20interest/headblock.html And for others who have the hankerin' to utilize this text, here's a list ...

Thanx! BTW I stuck the fretboard to it with double stick craft tape, just strong enough to hold it down without being TOO stuck, such as with the clear acrylic double-stick available from StewMac.

Really, any time a gluing operation will fix the wood in place so that it cannot expand and contract, such as when the braces are glued or the box closed, you want your humidity to be 50%, if you plan on the guitar travelling out of your region, or expect it to be exposed to varying humidity levels,...

My shop is heated/conditioned. Humidity is always 65%, spring summer, winter, fall. I don't know if this is good or bad. It's supposedly a bit on the high side. What did luthiers do before the invention of humidifiers and de-humidifiers? They repaired their instruments a lot. All the old violins, g...