Acoustic Guitar Construction

Finally getting back to this. Building a retaining wall in front of our house took me about a month. Whew! Got my braces cut and finished the contouring and top glued on. Changed my binding and back strip design from original concept. Was going to go with wenge for both, but I liked the way the blood wood looked with the maple and wenge I went that route. Back finished and glued up so my box is closed. Right now I'm working on sanding the sides prior to binding.

The guitar looks great, I like the back strip and the tail wedge.

Wow! Ain't that something --- Howard Klepper move over you've got company.

Working on the bindings. I wanted a little contrast on the side edge of the bindings so I came up with this method. It may not be new, but it's new to me. I laid the blood wood strips up against a ruler clamped on a packing tape covered surface. Laid the b/w wood purfling up next to it and pinched them between the ruler and my straightedge. I ran a line of thin ca glue down the joint. Ran them through my drum sander (a nearly indispensable tool!) and bent on my form. Routed and installed the back and am very pleased with the results.

Great way to do it the purfling lines.

Yeah, that's a good method.

It adds a beautiful contrast