Rosette and Neck

Here are pictures of the rosette and neck.

With the rosette, I had to carve out a trench that was 1 cm deep, to get the abalone flush with the top of the board. I carved out the trench by hand, and it took a whooping 6 hours to get all the material to fit nice and snug (the tape is to keep it from popping out until I sand it down).

I also carved the neck into shape, (I know it's hard to see in the pictures). But, I have it just the way I want it.

The Neck and Sound Hole

Today I cut out the neck and the head stock. For the head stock I cut out the design on a piece of paper first, then I traced it out the wood, I think it looks pretty good. It still needs some work to get the way I'd like it.

I also started the sound hole and I did it backwards, I was supposed to cut out the rosette first, so now I have to find out a way to get a perfect circle to cut the rosette out (thinking...........). I'll tell you how I did it, when...... I figure out how to do it.

Sound Boards and the Neck

Ok... So after a long couple weeks of being very busy, I finely did some work on my guitar.

I sanded and cut out the sound boards for the top and back and I cut out the neck, to tell you the truth, I'm very pleased with how it all has turned out so far.

For the next part, I'm going to cut out the sound hole and put in the rosette around the sound hole, and glue on the bracing on the sound boards.

Hopefully that won't take a couple weeks (Hehe).

Bye for now.

Back Board

I finely have the back board glued together.

The next step is, to put the dimensions on the glued pieces and get it all cut out.

I hope to post again soon.

The Answer

Sorry to say, but you all guessed wrong.

The answer is... Wait for it (long pause).

It's the Rubber Band! If you look at the top of the picture there is a small rubber band right above the board. So none of you win the prize (Haha! There was no prize).

WHAT HAPPENED!!!

So Thursday night we were at my little brother's (Cooper) baseball game, and my older brother (Shane) and I were going to do ground balls on another field. So Shane was hitting the balls to me, and the last one he hit, it hit something on the ground and it jumped up at me and hit me on the nose right between the eyes. So now I have two black eyes and a cut on my nose. In the bottom picture it's hard to see the other eye.

Lots of fun on the baseball field right! Not!! It hurt really bad, I'm telling you all so you don't copy me.

In the top picture I'm using two ice packs to help with the swelling, and my youngest sister (Ember), said I look like an alien with two big blue eyes.

Two Glued Pieces and One Gluing

So here is the top soundboard and the neck.

The last picture is the back soundboard being glued together.