Instrument details: John Mant - Classical guitar

Cutting out the European spruce front

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John has prepared small sticks of ebony and holly to make the central Torres/Hauser syle mosaic tiles for the rosette

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Cutting the tiles

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Once the rosette is fitted and scraped flush the soundhole can be cut

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Tidying up the transverse braces on the front

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Cutting the heel profile the old school way

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Planing down the corner bindings

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Gluing the fingerboard - mounting the guitar on it's side reduces the risk of distortion from the weight of the cramps

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Neck shaping is done with spokeshaves and rasps.

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After finishing the guitar is restrung

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The Indian rosewood back

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John with his finished guitar

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The side purfling flowing around the end graft

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John's rosette design

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