Build 085 - Custom Guitar

Last update 19 February 2021

Description

  • WG2 Custom 3/4 acoustic guitar
  • Sitka Spruce top
  • Australian Blackwood back & sides
  • New Guinea Rosewood neck
  • Ebony fretboard & bridge
  • Satin nitrocellulose finish

Latest photo from the workshop

10. Guitar outlined on back. 16.5
10. Guitar outlined on back. 16.5" long , 13.25" wide.

Build Progress

Instrument Build
5%
Application of Finish
0%
Finish Curing
0%
Neck Set & Bridge Fit
0%
Stringing & Setup
0%

Completion Date

  • April 2021

Build Photos (10)

1. Preparing blackwood for resawing into plates
1. Preparing blackwood for resawing into plates
2. Australian blackwood back & side material
2. Australian blackwood back & side material
3. Sanding sitka spruce top material
3. Sanding sitka spruce top material
4. Sitak Spruce top plates ready for jointing
4. Sitak Spruce top plates ready for jointing
5. Top plates glued in jointing jig
5. Top plates glued in jointing jig
6. Preparing neck blank
6. Preparing neck blank
7. Cutting neck headstock angle
7. Cutting neck headstock angle
8. Neck blank parts
8. Neck blank parts
9. New template cut.
9. New template cut.
10. Guitar outlined on back. 16.5" long , 13.25" wide.
10. Guitar outlined on back. 16.5" long , 13.25" wide.
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Build Videos (1)

Cutting back & side plates