Working on 004 and 005

Starting to work more on the two new guitars now that the walnut guitars are complete. I used “reverse kerning” which requires moistening and prebending to avoid breakage. Then I cut end wedges from flame maple and fit those in place. I also used side struts on these guitars (cut from the excess from the back pieces). I installed the back reinforcement strips using the Go-bar.

gluing kerfing.jpg
end wedge in place.jpg
gluing side struts.jpg
gluing back reinforcement.jpg
cutting end wedge 2.jpg
back reinforcemenet in place.jpg