drawing the arches for the top and back braces. The back has a 15' radius and the top 25'. these arches will add strength and give greater volume to the guitar.. so they say!





the back almost fully braced




the pau ferro fingerboard blank




the fingerboard sanded, tapered and fret slots sawn. patience, patience, patience

Sides Set

sides turned out really well. once they were sanded down they looked great

Bending The Sides

the bending iron. don't run out of gas!




the wood starting to relax. at this point i ran out of gas..




first side bent and clamped in the mould, took quite a while as you only get one go, slow and careful..




the two sides bent and clamped, amazaque i would agree is not too easy to bend, but it's only the first try

Joined Back

the back was joined with a strip of maple down the middle. i couldn't see how to book match them