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Kelly's Guitar Gallery: and now its on to the Fingerboard
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This blog will track my progress as I (try to) build an acoustic guitar. There are also some back stories on my history with the other guitars in my life. Wednesday, November 17, 2010. And now its on to the Fingerboard. And a closer view of the tools.. I got everything clamped up good and tight and started wailing. I started with the cheepo hammer using the solid plastic head and it worked so well I never changed. After two or three I got the technique down and it went really quickly;. On to the Top.
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Kelly's Guitar Gallery: November 2010
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This blog will track my progress as I (try to) build an acoustic guitar. There are also some back stories on my history with the other guitars in my life. Wednesday, November 17, 2010. And now its on to the Fingerboard. And a closer view of the tools.. I got everything clamped up good and tight and started wailing. I started with the cheepo hammer using the solid plastic head and it worked so well I never changed. After two or three I got the technique down and it went really quickly;. On to the Top.
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Kelly's Guitar Gallery: August 2010
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This blog will track my progress as I (try to) build an acoustic guitar. There are also some back stories on my history with the other guitars in my life. Saturday, August 21, 2010. My third electric - the Pinecaster. Sorry, this is out of order because I inadvertently deleted the entire post while trying to edit a photo. Set up and intonation went very quickly - love the compensated saddles - and I was ready to play. Routing the deeper neck pocket:. My fifth electric - the Kellycaster Deluxe. I wanted t...
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Kelly's Guitar Gallery: Choosing the Correct Materials
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This blog will track my progress as I (try to) build an acoustic guitar. There are also some back stories on my history with the other guitars in my life. Wednesday, November 10, 2010. Choosing the Correct Materials. And of course I needed some protection:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe Now: Kelly's Guitar Gallery. Subscribe in a reader. And now its on to the Fingerboard. On to the Top. The other side, scarf joints and oh crap. Enough already, attach the frickin binding. Some Sites I Like.
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Kelly's Guitar Gallery: September 2010
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This blog will track my progress as I (try to) build an acoustic guitar. There are also some back stories on my history with the other guitars in my life. Saturday, September 18, 2010. Building the Master Mold. You start with one rim of the mold face down. Set a couple of "spacer blocks" in place, glue and nail. Repeat as necessary. Flip it over and do the same thing to the other arm. Check it frequently to make sure you are square and plumb:. 65279;Just for kicks I clamped them together:. I still had a...
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Kelly's Guitar Gallery: On to the Top
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This blog will track my progress as I (try to) build an acoustic guitar. There are also some back stories on my history with the other guitars in my life. Saturday, November 13, 2010. On to the Top. You might be a able to see it a little better in this picture:. If I do the set up and installation correctly I should end up with this look:. I decided to stay with Duco but switched from the sticky green tape to the Stew Mac binding tape. My dry fit:. The installation went without incident:. On to the Top.
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Kelly's Guitar Gallery: the Back continued - gluing up and trimming
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This blog will track my progress as I (try to) build an acoustic guitar. There are also some back stories on my history with the other guitars in my life. Tuesday, November 2, 2010. The Back continued - gluing up and trimming. Here we are at various stages of the glue up. I was in scramble mode trying to clamp and screw quickly. I think I had about half the screws installed at this point. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe Now: Kelly's Guitar Gallery. Subscribe in a reader. On to the Top.
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Kelly's Guitar Gallery: Enough already, attach the frickin binding
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This blog will track my progress as I (try to) build an acoustic guitar. There are also some back stories on my history with the other guitars in my life. Thursday, November 11, 2010. Enough already, attach the frickin binding. So let's get cracking. I debated a few different ways to do this. I finally settled on taping the binding in place and releasing short sections, gluing and retaping as I moved along. Here it is with one side taped in place.. And you can see I have a lot of tidying up to do, espec...
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Kelly's Guitar Gallery: Starting on the Back - the Back Reinforcement
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This blog will track my progress as I (try to) build an acoustic guitar. There are also some back stories on my history with the other guitars in my life. Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Starting on the Back - the Back Reinforcement. I did a layout line down the center of the back - now I know why white pencils are a good idea for rosewood. I'll have to get some. Then I drew a light line down the center of each of the three center strip pieces. I did a practice glue and clamp up. Subscribe in a reader. The ot...