Well I have asked a ton of questions lately and have had a ton of help. Today on the way out the door to head to work, I snapped a few pictures on my cell phone of the archtop. This is my first attempt at building an accoustic guitar of any kind, so I used all scrap woods to test the waters. There is still a long way to go, but here it is anyway.
Neck is gentlely pressed in (dovetail) but is not glued yet)
My favorite F holes are the over-sized cello versions used by Grestch.
This will have a rosewood tailpiece and pickguard to match the rosewood end-graft and fingerboard.
Back and neck: Old growth mahogany that I have had laying around for 30 years. Multiple piece back. Not center seamed cause it wasn't big enough for that. 3 piece mahogany neck with no scarfs.
My first version of a headstock. Not quite done with the details on the headstock, but you get the basic idea
I am just now working on making a router binding jig so that I can add (I think) binding to the body only. (Thats why the neck has not been glued). I have some strips of rosewood in the shop, so I may use them for the binding, otherwise I have plently of plain white and black ABS from restorations I do.
Hey thanks for putting up with me the past few months. I will post more pictures (from my real camera) during the finish process, but I wanted to share with you where I am at with this, so you understand the dumb questions.
Joe
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