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Finally the bookmatched rosewood top is carved.. tomorrow this guitar comes together!
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The neck is also carved now.. a slim, fast and comfortable carve for Roberts guitars.
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The frets have their ends snipped off and profiled and the fretboard is looking lovely!
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The end piece to fit at the bottom of the guitar is marked out..
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The control layout, sustainer, MIDI ,piezo and magnetic is marked out and drilled.
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I mark around the body onto the book-matched rosewood top.. white pencils are very very useful!
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The clamps come off the body and trhe excess glue scraped away.
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The wings and various veneers etc are glued up.. this is going to be one gorgeous guitar!!
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The headstock wings are prepared..
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The frets are in! A milestone in any guitar build.
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I cut the frets slightly oversize and nips the tangs so the fret overhangs the binding a little..
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After sanding the fretboard down we see the 'red dino bone' inlays in their splendour.. straight lines.. who knew?
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The black oozing gluey mess is filed away from the fretboard revealing some stunning looking, but simple, inlays
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The back and sides come together, much glue, much mess but so much fun! I love my job!!!
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The other back plates are cut out and the back is ready to glue to the ribs..
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The control access point is cut from the back, I'll be using the piece as the cover so the grain matches.
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The rosewood back has its shape roughed out on the bandsaw..
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The clamps are removed from the kerfing and it is planed flush with the sides...
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Finally the kerfing is all glued in using these lovely baby clamps rescued from a boring life attached to iv drips!
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The kerfing, I'm using a violin makers style of kerfing, is bent and clamped to the sides..
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The ribs and tone block assembly are taken out of the body jig..
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Finally the inlays are glued in..
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The inlay cavities are roughed out with the small Proxxon router..
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I carefully mark around the inlays with a scalpel blade and fill the line with chalk.
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The inlays are ready.. I love the simplicity of the straight lines here..
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I make a start cutting the simple inlay strips from this piece of reconstituted stone..
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The neck.. the binding is all in and looking great.. inlays next I think.
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The second rib is glued in place now and the guitar is slowly coming together..
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One of the sides is glued in place.. and I breathe a sigh of relief!
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The second, much more challenging side is bent.. talk about concentration!
