First attempt at a guitar (part 2)

After cutting the outside, this is what the body looks like (upside down):

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The neck is made of quarter sawn maple with red arariba glued in the middle.  I decided on 'neck almost through' building technique, and have about a 2 degree back angle on the neck.  While I have not started this yet, I plan on using wenge for the fretboard, tailpiece, and bridge.

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The book matched sound board was cut from a carefully selected spruce 2x6 which was pretty close to being quarter sawn and had no knots in the section I cared about.

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Yesterday I cut the f holes and planned the bracing, and bent the binding wood (red arariba) which I will be using for binding the f holes:

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More posts to follow as I progress.  If anyone has any suggestions or comments, I am happy to hear them... while I have a fair bit of woodworking experience, I don't have a lot of experience with guitars.  This site has been a great resource when I was in the planning stages, though... I could not have gone this far without the great content here!

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  • Yep, planning on binding top and bottom (bottom already done, image below; top will be done shortly after I work up the courage to glue the top in place).

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    Top is pretty much ready to go now... the f hole binding is complete (and while not perfect, I feel is passable for my first attempt).  I just finished installing the ladder bracing this morning (I have a very slight induced arch in the large brace, and an even more slight arch in the other two).  Nothing overly complicated or calculated, I just rounded off the brace on the belt sander until it looked right.  (In this picture you can see the completed f hole binding too).  The bridge will end up over top of the large brace, give or take.

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  • Glad you stepped the neck trough down so the top can vibrate more. Love the binding in the F-Holes, hope you put it around the top edge too. That would look great. The Spruce will sound great.

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