Instrument details: Tim Bolus - Semi-acoustic guitar

Joining the flamed maple back

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The front has also been joined and work starts on the carving

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Small curved planes form most of the shape

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Scrapers fine tune the shape

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The soundhole is sawn out before refining with a knife

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Tim has bound the soundhole in rosewood - spare tentellones and scraps of ply make excellent clamps

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Tim has chosen to make a slotted headstock, with curved sides

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Sizing the sides ready for the linings

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Bringing the neck down flush with the fingerboard

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Final sanding

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With lacquering done the guitar can be reassembled and tested

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Tim's flamed maple back

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Tim's finished guitar

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