Two Students And Their Guitars!

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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!
Fretboards
Fretboards
Laying out the locator pins.
Fretboards
Fretboards
Dean laying out the locator pins
Fretboard
Fretboard
Trimming to taper on the pin router.
Neck and fretboard
Neck and fretboard
Neck routed for truss rod
Neck routed for truss rod
Fretboard
Fretboard
Laying out the nut and 14th fret locations on the neck blank.
Neck
Neck
More layout of neck blank
Cutting neck tenon
Cutting neck tenon
Neck Tenon
Neck Tenon
Trimming tenon
Trimming tenon
Trimming tenon
Trimming tenon
Fretboard layout
Fretboard layout
Here we are fitting the fretboard to the neck and also checking the layout of the headstock.
Matching sides
John helping match sides
Marking sides
Marking sides
Bending Sides
Bending Sides
Bending Sides
Bending Sides
Bending Sides
Bending Sides
Bending Sides
Bending Sides
Placing bent side in mold
Placing bent side in mold
Bending Sides
Bending Sides
Bending Sides
Bending Sides
Bending Sides
Bending Sides
Bending Sides
Bending Sides
Inspecting bent side
Inspecting bent side
Placing side in mold
Placing side in mold
Clamping side in mold
Clamping side in mold
Bending Sides
Bending Sides
Bending Sides
Bending Sides
Bending Sides
Bending Sides
Sides in mold
Sides in mold
Blocks are in as well as the linen side reinforcements.
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