Friday, February 20, 2015

Couple of necks.


Here are a couple of my necks from left to right: les laul, Martin style OM, Gibson style mandolin. All of them are one piece necks. I also got the truss rods installed in all 3

Monday, February 9, 2015

Ever wonder how kerfing is glued on?

Probably not... But this is how. Clothes pins for clamps with rubber bands for extra pressure. 

I got my top braced.

Here it is, all braced out and scalloped. It rings out nice and has already been voiced (the removal of extra brace wood so the top can ring out at its best) The yellow bridge plate is Osage orange wood. It's a really hard wood so it will do a good job holding up to the string ball ends pulling on it once it's all strung up.
All that's left is to sand the braces smooth and pretty.