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Binding
For the body binding I use mahogany, ebony and maple. Planing a flat-sawn maple side (1.8 mm) |
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| From top: mahogany, ebony and maple (each 1.8 mm) |
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| After sawing into many, many pieces, ... |  |
| ... these are arranged, glued and clamped under not inconsiderable pressure. |  |
| 24 hours later, remove the clamps and plane the sides rectangular. The block is put aside to dry thoroughly. Meanwhile you can turn to other things. To be continued ...
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Arches Actually the arches of top and back are within the wood, ... ... just remove the projecting material. It starts with rough cutting the top with a wide chisel, ... |
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... then you carve the wood with radius planes of decreasing sizes. |
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After cutting the recurve the arch comes out. |
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The back plate is handled analogous to the carving of the top. |
| Neck Sawing the width of the neck. The leftovers will be used for a following guitar neck. |
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| Gluing the trus rod |  |
To reduce the weight of the neck the trus rod groove is closed with spruce. 
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