I am actually doing that right now, with a chisel, thumb plane and a scraper.Rosewood was a hell, spruce is like butter. I did have issues getting the...

Success! No light gaping through the cracks, squeeze out all aroundAlso around the heel and tailblock. I could not completely contain the excite...

Sanding of the sides: done. Facets towards heel and tail: done. Kerfed lining for the back: done.Although a bit sloppy cut work there, I am afraid m...

I am supressing my excitement until I played it 😜 ( but I could not prevent a bit of pride to escape 😉)

This morning I glued one side in, during lunchbreak the other.. Perhaps I should buy a lottery ticket.. 2 spots where I had JUST enough space l...

Count me in!

Well, today, I did some final touch ups on the curves of the sides and they now remained within a few mm from where they should be sitting.Then sanded...

Side bending job done, now the pics: @rocknroller912: Yes ! If I can make it, I 'll definitely show what I have

@Rocknroller912 I am using a flat board just like Mark does in the course. I wonder that myself, but I do expect and accept the fact that it won't...

@rocknroller912 The bass side is thicker. Just finished sanding the other one to 2.15~2.25mm

@rocknroller912 Ah I did not know that. Luckily for me, it seems to have worked out fine, It keeps its form pretty good now. I will sand down the ot...

@powerful That is coming together nicely! I can only hope my attempt will end up as clean as yours 🙂

A couple of days ago, I started to bend one of the sides, which was still a bit too thick. ( 2.4 ~ 2.5 mm ) It took me quite a while, especially fro...

That was really nice, I enjoyed this very much!

Good Luck, but more important: Have Fun!

I dont know yet. I am trying to figure out whether I need to plane down the sides a little more ( I am now at 2.4mm~ 2.6mm) Since I have some leftov...

Yesterday I took the sides of my guitar to a friend to thin them down on his thicknessing planer to as close to 2.2mm as we could. While we where at i...

@bpower Nice Work man!

If I have time, I'll be there!

@powerful That is looking really good! You are almost there! 🙂