Barbarossa Guitars - Body Assembly

Assembling the Body:


Back and top ready to assemble	Gluing the blocks	Gluing on the sides

Sides on	Gluing the back linings	Sanding the linings to the radius of the back

Back linings ready	Gluing on the back	Body in one piece

Ready to make the butt graft	Butt graft gluing	Ready to bind

Cutting the binding and purfling ledges	Gluing the binding and purfling (bottom right: Ready for the shell edging)	Binding and purfling complete and sanded out

Cutting the neck dovetail joint	Gluing on the neck (I now finish the neck and body separately before gluing the neck onto the body)	Body and neck joined

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