Acoustic Guitar Construction

Very nice purfling John. I enjoyed doing my own purfling too. For my first attempt I glued maple veneer strips on outsides (as Ken mentions) using Titebond III. Then the straight strips were dipped in boiling water as they were installed. That method worked fine except in the tightest radii the mapl...

For my third guitar, http://www.acousticguitarconstructionforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=2371 I desired a glossier TruOil finish than my first two guitars. More sheen was the aim but not so much that I would berate myself for each inevitable scratch from everyday playing of the guitar. This was ...

I thought I’d try to bend the end of the cutaway side 90 degrees onto face of neck block. Beveling almost thru side (see pic), then with a little moisture and heat and it folded the 90 degrees surprisingly. I trimmed off fret tangs as for a bound fingerboard. While CA gluing fret ends I inserted tan...

Upon finishing my 2nd KMG kit, a 12-fret 00 and liking the feel of the guitar I decided to try my hands at another 00. Ken said he didn’t offer a 00 cutaway but he has sent out kits without bending the upper bout on the cutaway side. I took this as a challenge. It was. And I am very pleased with the...

A few years ago I learned the math used to build tuned wind-chimes. They, like marimbas, etc are vibrating rods. The rule was the nodes occur at 2/9ths of their length. I keep finding peaks on soundboard braces that are very close to 2/9ths of their length. On the 00 I am working on now, the shoulde...

I like the 'Larson' purfling too. Now I know it's name. Funny thing, originally I planned to use it on this guitar. I bought red & green TransTint but wasn't satisfied with my initial attempt at dying some holly. I called it my poorman's abalone. On the rope purfling, I did tint the Titebond glu...

Tim, not quite sure of question's intent. My thinking/procedure went, I could build an upper and lower vase shape that wedges and the joint in the middle is covered by endpin. It did take a bit of fine filing to get each vase to fit reasonably tight, then trimmed ends to meet at endpoint location. I...