Jacob 's Odyssey

Picking out the wood

Cleaning the fretboard

Cutting the fret slots

The slotted fretboard

The bound fretboard

Roughed out neck

Cutting the truss rod slot

Neck and truss rod

Fitting the headplate

Gluing the headplate

Laying out the top

Checking with the fretboard

Inlaying the rosette

Inlaying the rosette

Inlaying the rosette

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Inlaying the rosette

Shaping the fretboard

The fretboard

Installing the dot inlay

Side inlay

Cutting the sides

Wetting the side for bending

Wrapping the side in aluminum foil

Side in bender

Side in mold

Both sides in mold

Shaping braces

Shaping braces

Gluing the lining