Instrument details: Stephen Burton - Nylon string guitar

Construction starts with joining and thicknessing the Port Orford cedar front and walnut back

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Gluing the rosette

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Gluing the back braces

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The fan braces on the front are fitted and shaped before the larger transverse braces are glued

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Blocking the Spanish cedar neck

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Bending the walnut sides

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Gluing the boxwood bindings

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Gluing the fingerboard

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Gluing a bone veneer to the bridge tie block

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The trial stringing

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Final sanding

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Stephen has decided on an oil finish

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The first coat of oil

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The finished guitar ready to go

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