Acoustic Guitar Construction

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....

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.

Ken, thanks!