Closing the Box

The tenor guitar now has a complete or at least closed body.. Still needs some bindings and an arm bevel carved and veneered....

Got the use all the new clamps I got which worked great.

Now on to sorting out the neck & my new neck joint.

All clamped up with finally enough clamps

Front view

Back view

Busy Weekend

OK done, the Parlour is now caught up to the Tenor, so I can put away all the body jigs & moulds and get on with making necks..

This weekend I  carve to top braces and finished voicing the top, glued on the back & top, cut the binding channels and the channel for the top Abalone purfling and got all the bindings & purfling installed.. I was a bit concerned how the Wenge would route as it seem brittle but it was fine..

Still lots of finish sanding to do on both bodies but that can wait until later...

All in all a productive weekend and I'm officially in love with my new binding router jig.. works so darn well..

I'm also really happy with how the binding came out on the Parlour the Abalone looks great and not too gaudy..

Very happy with this look

No Abalone on the back

End wedge

Top view

Both now waiting for necks

Closed the Box on Rick's Tenor

So now it looks like a guitar, or at least 1/2 a guitar...

Has a light seal coat of shellac and ready for the binding channels to be cut.. typically described as a high pucker factor task..

I'll be using a new stationary binding jig from LMI that seems like a good and relatively safe way to do this..

Closing the Box

Now the sides, back and top come together to make a guitar body... Always exciting as you get to really see what the guitar will look like.

I also cut the slot and installed the Ebony end wedge..