This past year I had two students who built their guitars together. John R. and Dean L. both wanted to build Dreadnaught guitars. Dean was building a guitar to give his father as a late Xmas present. John is a good musician who wanted a very specific instrument that would respond well to his brand of Country music. They were both great students and I enjoyed working with them. Dean took these photographs of most of the processes and just gave me a CD of all his pictures. He agreed that I could share the photos on this website. They were Saturday students and their guitars took about four months to complete. John is thrilled with his instrument and Dean gave his Dad that once in a lifetime gift! Thanks to Dean for taking these photos! |
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Fretboards Laying out the locator pins. |
Fretboards Dean laying out the locator pins |
Fretboard Trimming to taper on the pin router. |
Neck and fretboard |
Neck routed for truss rod |
Fretboard Laying out the nut and 14th fret locations on the neck blank. |
Neck More layout of neck blank |
Cutting neck tenon |
Neck Tenon |
Trimming tenon |
Trimming tenon |
Fretboard layout Here we are fitting the fretboard to the neck and also checking the layout of the headstock. |
John helping match sides |
Marking sides |
Bending Sides |
Bending Sides |
Bending Sides |
Bending Sides |
Placing bent side in mold |
Bending Sides |
Bending Sides |
Bending Sides |
Bending Sides |
Inspecting bent side |
Placing side in mold |
Clamping side in mold |
Bending Sides |
Bending Sides |
Bending Sides |
Sides in mold Blocks are in as well as the linen side reinforcements. |
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