Lots of forward progress on all the current projects the last week or two! These shots show a lot of the body assembly stages, and how the compound neck mount angles on my guitars are braced up. This method is heavily influenced by classical guitar construction, and while it takes some precision set up work and many extra steps it definitely allows for greater access to the high register of the neck.
I made a nifty new vacuum dust shroud for my CNC spindle, way less mess and easier cleanups! The guitar body molds are all brand new too which made assembly way more pleasurable this time around, we really needed em!
There are a couple shots of how the X bracing is machined to match the inner surface of the top plate to very high precision. Also the box joint that creates the intersecting part of the X is cut and fits perfect. The bracing is always trimmed to final shape by hand, but the perfect fit from the start really makes sure the bracing is strong and transmits sound effortlessly.
Also in the batch is a chambered 14 semi that is slated to go to ClubBass in Toronto, so if you are a player in that area definitely check it out in a couple months when its delivered to their showroom. It has an Italian spruce top and sugar pine body just like mine, which is awesome.
I also cut a Model 14 soundboard out of some suuuuuper old Sitka spruce that I have had in the shop since probably 2004. I had some rims prepared that were hanging on the shelf as well as a carved Italian maple back. We are going to get this guitar together and place it in inventory sometime in early summer.
Ok! Back to making sawdust!
