Acoustic Guitar Construction

What a beautiful gift! It will be a great joy for you to watch him grow up playing your work of art.

Beautiful work and a very lucky grandson!

Beautiful, clean work! That is going to be a lovely guitar.

Beautiful work all around and I love your wood choices! All the best to your coworker.

Thank you Ken and John, I'll beef up the springs and get a slat. For this guitar, I think I will add some extra reinforcement in the thin areas and go for it. The first guitar I built (with my son for a school project 15 years ago), had sides that I cold molded with West System epoxy. They were 50 y...

Hello again, Here are a couple of pictures of my setup. I couldn't resist sending one of my helper! Last night I sanded the outside of the most rippled side flat and sanded the inside enough so that you can only feel a couple of slight ripples. I'm guessing less than .005 deep. The thinnest section ...

Thanks gents, These are my first real sides that I have bent on this setup. I did bend a 3 inch wide by .090 piece of mahogany as a test and it bent well with no ripples. I have also bent curly maple bindings with good results. I will send a picture of the setup tomorrow. I will check the sides agai...