Guitar Building, Kumiko and Other Stuff

Mountain dulcimer Scale 520mm Blond shellac Bone nut & saddle Sapele top and sides Padauk and Sapele back Beech fingerboard and neck Bone nut and saddle Lumber Bending sides Forming the neck Assembly back, sides and neck Linings Fingerboard scoop, 520mm scale f holes Tap tone 160Hz 520mm scale fret positions Ready to box up Box up Installed tuners French polished, install bone nut and saddle

 French polishing Richard Howell's technique Concentration, shellac : spirit by weight 1 lb cut, 1:8 2 lb cut, 2:8 3 lb cut, 3:8 4 lb cut, 3:8

Guitar #03 Based on Torres FE19 630 mm scale Englemann spruce top Sapele back and sides Khaya neck Torrified maple fretboard Ebony 12 hole bridge Bone nut and saddle French polished 1547g weight Khaya neck with maple reinforcement, englemann spruce top and sapele back & sides. Top with rosette Soundboard modelled on FE19 Shaping Khaya neck, heel and headstock Sapele sides planed and bending with hot iron Join neck to soundboard on solera after applying shellac to inner sides of heel Assemble sides to heel & end stock Install linings and flatten sides Box up the back Making the purflings from veneers Installing the back bindings and decorative strip Installing the top bindings and purflings Fingerboard Glue fingerboard to neck Fretting French polishing Bodying and spiriting off Mounting the saddle Mounting tuners String up! #1, #2 and the latest addition #03