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: January 2013

Instrument details: Oska Burman - Steel string guitar

Construction

Oska starts by joining his sitka spruce front.

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Construction

Next up, the back. Cocobolo is somewhat less forgiving and is more difficult to achieve a really good join with.

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Although cocobolo can be difficult to plane, it scrapes very well.

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The outer rings of the soundhole rosette are installed first.

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Oska is making the central ring for his rosette from an offcut of his back.

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This is then glued into place.

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Gluing on the back braces using go-bars.

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The sides are bent round a hot iron.

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The fret slots are cut by hand on a dedicated jig.

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Gluing the corner bindings. A piece of card protects the front from the tape which would otherwise pull the grain when removed.

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Oska is stoning the frets to remove any irregularity in installing.

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The guitar is very fine sanded in preparation for an oil finish.

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The back of Oska's guitar.

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Finishing

Once finished, Oska strings up.

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Course photos: January 2013

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