@somethingnicer Welcome to the group Chris, just follow Mark’s courses and you’ll experience the magic of building guitars from slabs of wood. I’m on my 4th one now, an acoustic this time, started with a 6 inch square slab of…   Read more»

I’ve trimmed the back braces to length and notched the kerf lining and got the back fitting fairly good. I’ve dry clamped it with the 6 metres of rubber band that I’ve cut from an old inner tube, it’s not…   Read more»

The back kerf lining is on now. Merry xmas to you all.

Sides now glued to the front, and the back edges shaped ready for the kerf lining.

@darrenking To my mind, given that the accuracy of the fret positions are absolutely key to the sound and quality of the finished instrument, it seems a false economy to try to save on this aspect of the build. I…   Read more»

Sanded the kerfed edge of one side while the glue on the other side was drying. I found it far too flexible to hold it in shape out of the mold, so clamped it into the mold, so much easier.