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Guitar Under Construction

 

                   

 

     

Here are some photos that show the construction of a recent steel

string guitar (slope-shouldered dreadnought shape).

Click on the thumbnails to see a full-sized photo.

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Making the Back:

Shooting the back set:

shooting back.jpg (82070 bytes)

Gluing the back up:

glueing back.jpg (111716 bytes)

The back is then sanded to thickness:

back sanded.jpg (92261 bytes)

The back reinforcement strip is glued on (and then shaped):

back strip glue.jpg (64903 bytes)

The notched to accept the back baces:

back strip notched.jpg (67416 bytes)

The braces are glued on:

first braces glue.jpg (108962 bytes)   second braces glue 2.jpg (51345 bytes)

And shaped:

unshaped braces.jpg (80781 bytes)   Shaving back braces.jpg (106956 bytes)

And the back is complete:

back done cr1.jpg (84875 bytes)   back inside.jpg (67251 bytes)   back show.jpg (71480 bytes)

 

And then you make the sides:  THE SIDES

 

                   

 

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Last Modified:  Aug 21, 2004