over-visualizing

[peter havriluk]

Ken, you're correct to observe that I have been known on rare occasions to over-visualize. For the immediate project, no mold. Kit guitar was supplied with sides attached to back, top braces to be trimmed and shaped, and then the top installed. So I was thinking of the immediate problem, not the general flow of construction I'd have done from raw wood forward.

Got me thinking, however....

[ken cierp]

No matter what you still need to hold the shape of the guitar while its under the clamping pressure load. Here's a very old method that works great, I actually constructed my first steel string with such a mold -- simply a mess of "L" hooks positioned along the perimeter. The beauty is you also have the tabs to use rubber bands for clamping the top/back.

[peter havriluk]

Ken, thanks!