Well, this is my first attempt at posting and uploading pictures. i'm an expat Australian living in Japan. We will be here for another couple of years, maybe less. For a hobby, I play and build 6 string acoustics. The current project is for a friend, my first paid commission. The little Sony camera we had packed up before I started the build, so I don't have any pics of the top/back bracing. These pics were taken with a Fuji finepix that my brother in law gave us.
There's no finish on it in these photos. I use a double mortice and tenon for the neck-body joint, neck attached for the photo, and the bridge isn't glued on. Top is Lutz spruce, bridge and fretboard are Madagascar RW. Its 13 frets to the body, hence the need for the cutaway.
Here's the neck in the neck support - just started fitting the frets.
Headstock with inlay
the Silky Oak rosette will look gorgeous when its finished but it doesn't show at all in this photo.
It isn't defying gravity. Should have rotated that one
Back and sides are Osage orange from Bob Cefalu, bindings are recycled ebony cut from strips that lined the top of some old draws that someone had thrown out. They were shallow draws used for kimono storage. I left the cabinet, took the draws home, cut off the ebony strips and fitted the draws under the bench.
It has since been poor filled with Z epoxy and sprayed with water base finish. I'll leave it another week before cutting back and buffing with a lambswool pad fitted to an electric drill, and final buffing by hand.
Here's a photo showing Tiger Jarrah binding and Silky Oak purfling from the previous guitar, Wenge Back and sides. A closer shot would show the black fleck through the Jarrah. It doesn't show up too well in this photo.
