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Jacob 's Odyssey 5/10 - 5/26/2010

The bound fretboard

Picking out the wood

Cleaning the fretboard

Cutting the fret slots

The slotted fretboard

Gluing the headplate

Roughed out neck

Cutting the truss rod slot

Neck and truss rod

Fitting the headplate

Installing the dot inlay

Laying out the top

Checking with the fretboard

Inlaying the rosette

Inlaying the rosette

Inlaying the rosette

Inlaying the rosette

Inlaying the rosette

The fretboard

Shaping the fretboard

Side inlay

Gluing the lining

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 back

Fitting back braces

Vacuum gluing the back

The back after gluing

Jacob's label — Jacob’s label

Laying out the top

Vacuum pressing the top

The braced top

The braced back

Fitting the back

JRouting the body for binding

Cleaning glue from the back

Cleaning glue from the back

Cleaning glue from the back

Gluing the top

Trimming the top

Fitting the rear wedge

Sanding the sides

Sanding the sides

Routing the body for binding

Double mortise and tenon

Cleaning the binding channel

Cutting the pearl and inlaying the headstock

Cutting the pearl and inlaying the headstock

Cutting the pearl and inlaying the headstock

Cutting the pearl and inlaying the headstock

Cutting the pearl and inlaying the headstock

The inlaid headstock

Cutting the tenon

Cutting the tenon

Inserts in the neck

Body & Neck temporarily joined

Sanding

Sanding

Sanding

Shaping the neck

Body ready for paint

Body ready for paint

Body ready for paint

Double mortise and tenon

Great job, Jacob!

Mortise in the body

Shaped heel

Bridge making

Bridge is located on body

Bridge is located on body

Sanding neck

Body & Neck ready for paint

Neck painted

Neck painted

Installing tuners

Joining neck and body

Into the fretting station

Preparation for fretting

Cleaning fret slots

Begin fretting

The 1st fret

Clamping fret for gluing

Preparing body for bridge masking

Bridge mask

Mask removal after routing

Gluing bridge to top

Fitting bridge pins

A new guitar is born!

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