In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, Ramon visits the shop to work on a cool radial rosette design with black limba, burl, and fiber strips. We’re using the Radial Rosette Maker Jig available here: https://ericschaeferguitars.com/the-radial-rosette-maker-kit/
Category: Guitar Making
Milling and Slotting a Zebrawood Fretboard for Guitar #57
In this episode of DIY Guitar Making: I’m using Zebrawood for the fingerboard on Guitar #57. I dimension out a rough fretboard blank, cut the fret slots and shape the board.
Binding Guitar #57 with Flamed Maple
In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I install wood bindings on a florentine cutaway guitar.
Florentine Cutaway Tip Binding on Guitar #57
In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I cut a channel with a gramil and a chisel and bind the tip of the florentine style cutaway with flamed maple strips on guitar #57
Cutting the Binding Channels on Guitar #57
In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I rout out the binding ledge for curly maple binding strips using a binding tower system, and I talk about the importance of minding grain direction among other things.
Making a Simple End Graft for Guitar #56
In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I create and install a decorative end seam inlay for guitar #56
Flattening the Sides to Prep for Binding on Guitar #57
Cutting square binding channels really comes down to good binding prep, that is, making the sides meticulously flat and square prior to commiting your guitar to the router. In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I provide some tips for flattening the sides effectively as I prepare guitar #57 for binding.
Making the End Wedge on Guitar #57
In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I create and inlay a decorative endwedge to cover the end seam out of Tiger Myrtle burl and flamed Maple binding strips.
Prepping Lumber for Guitar Neck Blanks
In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I fashion a bundle of guitar neck blanks from billets of Honduran Mahogany using the jointer, table saw and planar to make them perfectly flat, square and consistent.