Totnes School of Guitar Making, South Devon, England, UK Totnes School of Guitar Making, South Devon, England, UK Totnes School of Guitar Making, South Devon, England, UK
Guitar making course, Totnes, Devon

Course photos: September 2008

Instrument details: Dorothy Thurston - Electric guitar

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Dorothy has joined the body and is planing the surface flat.

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Next is the neck socket routing.

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Much of the control cavity can be removed by drilling.

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Here Dorothy is gluing the ebony veneer onto the angled headstock.

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The edges of the fingerboard are planed straight and to dimension on a shooting board.

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After gluing on the fingerboard, Dorothy is drilling the holes for the machine heads.

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The neck is then rough shaped using a spokeshave...

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...and rasp.

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The frets have been stoned and are here being reprofiled with a specially shaped file.

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The fret ends are stoned flush for comfort.

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Each fret is then smoothed and polished.

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After laquering the surface is flattened and polished.

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After polishing the guitar is reassembled.

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Dorothy has made a second instrument, designed to match her top!

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Dorothy's two instruments.

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Course photos: September 2008

Totnes School of Guitarmaking  Collins Road, Totnes, Devon, England, TQ9 5PJ  Phone: +44 (0)1803 865255
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