Posts Tagged “guitar building”

Day 13 – Headstock & Fretboard Inlay

Posted on Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015 at 11:52 am.

I had left the rabbit inlay to dry the previous workshop day so I got to take off the clamps and sand it down. After sanding it down, I saw that there were quite a few holes that were cheeky enough to escape the pressure so I had to fill them back up with […]

Day 12 – Fretboard Inlay & Side Sanding

Posted on Tuesday, September 1st, 2015 at 9:01 am.

Today was all about getting the fretboard inlay in. I firstly started off creating some saw dust from the end of my fretboard so that I can mix it in with the epoxy to get a similar colour when its filled in. Once the epoxy was ready, I placed the bunny in and clamped it […]

Day 9 – Back & Top Bracing

Posted on Monday, August 3rd, 2015 at 5:23 am.

Day 9 was all about making the bracing, trimming off the excess lengths and chiseling out the check out points in the kerfing for the bracing to fit within the sides. As the back bracing was all ready and glued on, all I needed to do was trim off the excess lengths that were actually […]

Day 5 – Sanding Forever & Ever

Posted on Friday, July 3rd, 2015 at 11:45 am.

I spent the day sanding. And I mean the whole day. It was important to first get both sides rid of glue and any non-stick paper that were left on from the gluing process and then to buff out any imperfections, rough edges or water marks. After that was completed it was time to get […]

Day 4 – Bending Sides and Cutting Top & Back

Posted on Thursday, July 2nd, 2015 at 12:18 pm.

Today I got to start bending my sides. First I sanded off the edges so that both sides were even and then we sprayed them with water. We put them into the bending machine to warm up with the heat lamps (they sit under the metal plate) for 10 minutes and then quarter turned the […]

Day 2 – Inlay & Sanding

Posted on Tuesday, June 30th, 2015 at 1:46 am.

In the morning, Sean talked to us about soundboards and bracing. For each wood to really have the best tone, we need to look at the flexibility of the wood pieces to factor in the thickness of the bracing and support. Each wood has differences in stiffness across the grain and flexibility. For the wood […]

Day 1 – Hancock Guitar Workshop

Posted on Monday, June 29th, 2015 at 12:10 am.

For the next two weeks, I’ve been given the opportunity to participate in the bi-annual Hancock Guitar Building Workshop… I was so excited to do this for so long I’ve been struggling to sleep the past week. Hancock Guitars are in the Gold Coast region of Queensland so I’ve found myself a little room to […]