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Well, I started this one this past Spring and I guess it has been sitting since early Summer. I thought I had started a build thread, but seems like I did not. So picking up where it is now.

I did this whole thing up to carving the back braces and putting on the back (top done, sides bent and glued to the top, and neck blank roughed out and peghead overlay glued on, etc.) way before Stringfest. It was a crappy day today, a bit of snow and cold, and I needed something cheerful. I know there are things that should be a higher priority today, but I said "to hell with that" and cranked up the stove in the shop and worked on this guitar. Felt good

I had done a few minor things over this past month, glued on back linings and side braces, so I just needed to sand the back braces and cut pockets for the ends of the back braces and the back could be glued on.

Here it is ready for the back

I should mention that, like most of us if we just sit around for several months, the waist on this one had spread a bit So I made a fixture from plywood so I could shim it back to the correct width

Another view

You can see how nice the bookmatch of the sides matches. This is some super well quartersawn wood.

The back ready to go


And the deed is done


When I get this one cleaned up, I have 3 bodies ready for binding. All of the bindings are bent, so I will be doing all of them together.

Thanks for looking,

G

Grant,

She'll be lovely!

If I remember correctly, this one is a bit thinner wood that your last Goncalo dred.

Always so much fun to look into your guitars and see your bracing - kind of 'organic' and kind of 'mad scientist' (and you know I love that!)

Dennis

Thanks Dennis.

I got the "wraps" off, the overhangs trimmed, the neck pocket opened up and the rough neck bolted on. So it now looks like a guitar.

More photos maybe tomorrow.

G

Looking good Grant. Love that bracing!

Pat

How many Bike tubes did it take to make that useful looking wrap?

jazzandbeyond wrote:How many Bike tubes did it take to make that useful looking wrap?

One farm implement tube. And it is cut the long way.

G

Nice work as always Grant! I always like seeing your top bracing too! Veeeeery interesting..

Here are the photos that I promised, just to show where this one is at.

Front view...


Back view...


And side view...


It is all sanded down ready to route for bindings, which I will probably do between campaigning over the weekend.

Another quick one, not worth doing a repair thread. I did a small top crack fix and reglued the bridge on a Takamine today

A few of these minor repairs keep coming in from time to time. Gives me a chance to see some other guitars

G