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The final steps for my rosette ; inlay the wood strips into the inner and outer grooves. I’m doing one side at a time since no real time saving, and giving me time to do the task and to verify. For this design, each side is having 3 sets of homemade purfling, and using the
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Soundboard in progress. It is a German spruce table that was selected for this guitar, and having over 8 years old. Once the first leveling of surfaces done, which includes an additional margin of about 30% usefull for the work of the rosette, it is the tricky work of doing the rose which require a
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A good bunch of finishing work mostly done for this 10 years old cedar/braz (2009). The original finish was french polish for the top and nitro for neck/body. 1) Restoring the top : The cedar top alone was having over 180 dents and scratches. It was like a chicken having picked his dinner over the
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Once the back is assembled and thinned, the addition of the central reinforcement and bars are relatively easy operations. If the relative humidity level in the workshop stay in a fairly narrow range throughout the year, it is possible to measure with some wood the slightest variation into the back once the cross bars glued.
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An evocative title borrowed from photographer Lucien Clergue. A parenthesis here to highlight points of view of the current work and, mainly from the inside, its final appearance.
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Carrying out and installing the linings is a task that requires many different operations and cares. The choice of materials, their dimensions and design play a big part in the overall approach of the instrument’s sound. The possibilities are endless and our personal tastes, those which concern the tone of the instrument above all, must
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