A Great Build! – Wells Guitars

This student probably took more photographs than any student that has come to my shop. He built a beautiful 000 guitar. I hope you enjoy seeing his photographs as much as he and I did creating them!

Gluing Headstock overlay

Will's Wood — Will’s Wood

Hide Glue Cooking

Fretboard Fret Template

Ready to attach to template

Fretting Sled

Fretting

Fretboard Bound

Neck Blank

Neck Blank glued

Finished Tenon

Angle on Tenon

Angle on cheek of neck

Neck and Fretboard

Fretboard Crowning Jig

Fitting fretboard to neck

Trimming excess from neck

Back glued to rim

Fretboard pinned

Wetting side for bending

Jig for tapering neck

Drilling tuners

Atlantic Mold

Top drawn and hole drilled for positioning

Better view of positioning hole

Drawing out rosette

Rosette installed

Gluing in blocks

Laying out top braces

Top bracing layed out

Shaping top braces

Jig for shaping braces

Linen side liners installed

Ready to fit top and back

Fitting top

Fitting top

Fitting top

Installing linings

INstalling back linings

Vacuum Press

Vacuum Pump