An excellent series of images which give a good idea of the amount of work and skill required to build a guitar
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guitar under construction
- Thread starter Alan Clark
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Here are three photos of a steel-string guitar under construction. The back is unusual in that it is vaulted, or domed, and built up with multiple strips of wood over an internal guitar shaped mould that has the guitar sides in place around it. The middle strip is glued to the sides first, then more strips added, working towards the edges. The wedges hold each strip in place until the glue sets. The mould is liberally coated with candle wax before starting work to stop the squeezed out glue sticking the back to the mould. Most important! The wood here is yew, with thin contrasting strips of ash between. The bottom photo shows these back joints strengthened inside with multiple small cross grained wood blocks.
Alan, what you do is simply magical!
It's not only beautiful, it's pure art.
My hat's off to you.
It's not only beautiful, it's pure art.
My hat's off to you.
Thanks Yury.
Such a beautiful thing, awesome patience and skill, and wonderful photos.
I actually own a luthier made guitar, a very nice fellow called Alasdair Atkin who has a workshop near Canterbury. I wish I could actually play the bloody thing!
I actually own a luthier made guitar, a very nice fellow called Alasdair Atkin who has a workshop near Canterbury. I wish I could actually play the bloody thing!
Thanks Toby and John. I do appreciate your comments.
This is hands on skills that are sadly not as popular now , as years ago, the same with a lot of manual jobs. Such a nice finished instrument and a nice set of images to go with it. Anybody with hand skills can appreciate the time and skill that goes in to making anything by hand and that feeling of satisfaction when finished.