Instrument details: Jake Rose - Steel string acoustic guitar

Cutting out the spruce front

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The soundhole decoration has been installed and will be planed flush with the front

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Gluing the back braces

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Cutting slots in the side of the neck for the sides

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Assembling the body

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Fitting mother of pearl dots into the fingerboard

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Final preparations before finshing

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The grain has been filled on the mahogany back and sides which are then re-sanded and cleaned before lacquering

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The guitar is then lacquered and polished ready for the final stringing

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Jake's finished guitar

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The headstock

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Jake with his finished guitar

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Jake, Barry and Lewis

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