Then each brace has a 28 foot radius planed onto the edge that will be glued to the soundboard. 🙏🎶🙂🎸

Next, I prepared the braces for the soundboard. For this guitar the braces on the upper bout are 10mm thick and 20mm high. For all the other braces on...

Then cut out the soundboard shape on the bandsaw. 🙂🙏🎸🎶

Then plane and sand it flush with the soundboard 🎶🎸🙏🙂

Then glue in the rosette. 🙂🙏🎸🎶

Cut some strips of laminate for the construction of the rosette. They are 3-4mm wide and about 30-50mm longer than the rosette circumference. Th...

Plane the soundboard down to a smooth and level 3mm thickness. 🙂🙏🎸🎶

Making the soundboard next. Two pieces of rough sawn bookmatched spruce. Plane along the bookmatched edges then glue them together. 🎶🎸🙏🙂

Once the slots were cut I tapered the fretboard using a shooting board and plane. It is 46mm at the nut and 56mm at the 12th fret. 🎸🙂🎶🙏

Then cut the fret slots with the fretting jig 🙏🎶🙂🎸

Once I got the fretboard blank thickness I squared off one edge. I then used this edge to mark out the fret positions. I measured in 35mm from the str...

A bit of fretboard making next. Prepare the fretboard blank by planing one surface smooth and flat. Plane the opposite surface to take it down to abou...

@simecircle Welcome Simon. There are no stupid questions here so ask away. Enjoy the ride 🎸🙂🎶🙏

@steveh Hi Steve, I've never done it but I have thought about it. Given that Stewmac sell their Fret Arbor Press with a picture of that very process...

Peg holes for the machine heads drilled 🙂🎶🎸🙏

Cut off the wings and carve the rest of the neck A bit more then we've got the rough shape of the neck 🙏🎸🎶🙂

Then got on with a bit of carving and a bit more I created a little template out of aeroply to carve out the cheeks. Just flip it over to cr...

Next, I drew out the shape of the heel of the neck. 🙏🎸🎶🙂

Next, I marked out the velute.... ...and roughly carved out the shape 🙂🎶🎸🙏

Next, I roughly cut out the neck and headstock shape. I kept a couple of little wings on the sides of the neck to allow it to be more easily clamped i...