Acoustic Guitar Construction

So I've started on a Stahl Style 6 inspired build. I'm not trying do an exact copy, but structurally follow the plans. It has a 10' back radius and 12' top so I built some radius bars to use when gluing the braces. The main x brace is a laminate of spruce and Brazilian rosewood. Profiled the sides and got them bent (pre bent the waist first). Such a nice feeling when you can drop the bent sides into the mold and they almost don't need any kind of spreader. Mahogany neck glued up and this time I ran a dowel in the tenon for some added strength on the bolt inserts (a point where I stray from their joint).

John, is that Brazilian rosewood sides. Sure looks nice.

Kevin in California wrote:John, is that Brazilian rosewood sides. Sure looks nice.

No Kevin it's Pao Ferro. First time working with it. It bent very nice and looks fantastic.

A little more progress. Iincorporated the purfling into the back strip as well as the rosette. It's not exact but I think it echos the original. Finished the rosette and have begun to glue braces in (using my newly made go-bar deck!).

That be some spectacular timber.

Good clean work, John. Nice wood indeed. Be careful on sanding the Pau Ferro. I, and others too, got allergic to the wood dust.

This was my evildoer:

very nice. I love the look of the wood. I liked what you did with the rosette as well.