Here's some recent pictures of the acoustic guitar I'm building. This is a first for me. I've been going to the class one night a week for a few months now.
The back and sides are mahogany; the top is spruce. The neck is also mahogany with lacewood on the headstock. The fretboard is rosewood. The dots/spots on the fretboard are also lacewood. The ring around the sound hole is koa. The bindings (wood trim) around the body is curly maple. I have genuine ivory on the heel of the neck. The "maker's mark" is genuine ivory, and I had a local scrimshaw artist do the initials, etc. That piece will be inlaid into the headstock.
This week I should be putting the fret wire on and doing some other work on the neck. Next week I should be mounting the bridge and getting everything lined up and level in that respect. I'll also be making a pickguard out of ebony wood with an inlaid genuine ivory border. I've already made one pickguard out of the lacewood. I've also made a playing pick out of the lacewood and one out of the genuine ivory.
The back and sides are mahogany; the top is spruce. The neck is also mahogany with lacewood on the headstock. The fretboard is rosewood. The dots/spots on the fretboard are also lacewood. The ring around the sound hole is koa. The bindings (wood trim) around the body is curly maple. I have genuine ivory on the heel of the neck. The "maker's mark" is genuine ivory, and I had a local scrimshaw artist do the initials, etc. That piece will be inlaid into the headstock.
This week I should be putting the fret wire on and doing some other work on the neck. Next week I should be mounting the bridge and getting everything lined up and level in that respect. I'll also be making a pickguard out of ebony wood with an inlaid genuine ivory border. I've already made one pickguard out of the lacewood. I've also made a playing pick out of the lacewood and one out of the genuine ivory.
