Still here

Can't believe it's been since June for my last post...time flies. No pictures today, but the shop gets a new, much needed LED shop light in a few hours. Now maybe I can see what I'm doing.
Have a Happy New Year!

Myrtlewood continues

Myrtlewood fingerboard on the myrtlewood guitar and now for the shaping of the neck!

Myrtlewood fretboard

Myrtlewood fretboard: ready to go, fretted, and trimmed. Next step will be to shape and polish the ends (so I don't slice my fingers) Then mount it on its Myrtlewood body. The vacant fret areas will be where the locator pins will be so it won't slide when its glued to the neck.

Six finger-boards ready

Left to right: East Indian Rosewood, African Rosewood, Ebony, East Indian Rosewood, African Rosewood and radiused 14 fret East Indian rosewood.
Ready to fret and attach to necks.

Tapering finger boards

Father's Day in my shop tapering finger-boards for the six guitars hanging on the wall behind. I enjoy doing this the old fashioned way: by hand with the monster plane

Ready for the back...very soon.

ready for back binding and first Ramirez stylr

Shaping back braces

Shaping the back braces for an E Indian Rosewood Classical guitar

Burning the midnight oil

Profiling the box in preparation of gluing the back.

Inside job

View from inside.