Hi all,
This is my first post to Project Guitar.
I'm a student on London Met's Musical Instruments degree- where I am learning how to build acoustic guitars.
I have to keep notes on the builds we do so I figured I would post them here as I might get some tips form some people and still have a record that I can copy/paste at the end of the year to hand in.
The first year build is a Martin Travel guitar and the second year is a Washburn parlour guitar.
I've started on the Washburn first as some other people in the class are still sharpening tools and we start the travel guitar at the same time.
Hence I'm preparing some wood for the Washburn.
It will look something like this by the time I am done:
My body and neck will be mahogany, spruce top, rosewood fingerboard, cocobolo headstock veneer and a rosewood bridge.
So far I have planed the neck blank flat and square, cut the scarf join, planed that flat and glued it up.
Not too bad for a first effort.
I have also cut the pieces for the neck heel and made them flat and square, ready for glueing next week.
That is it for now- will post again soon.
James