As some of you may know before I tried my hand at electric guitars i built acoustic guitars. I thought I might chronicle an acoustic build here so that those of you who may have an interest can appreciate the differences in the process. Much of what I have learned and that I share on the forum comes from having built acoustics. They are far more precise and a lot less forgiving than electric are!
I am going to take you through my journey to build an acoustic guitar in 10 days. There are a collection of photographs from my course as well as other photographs that I will use to chronicle the journey. Hope you enjoy!
Ps - No painting in the 10 days! That takes extra time!
So here goes....
The first decisions with building an acoustic is what wood to use for the back and sides and most importantly for the top, the soundboard!
I'm using Bear Claw Sitka Spruce here and the build I show will feature two different woods as the diary will actually show pictures from two Dreadnaughts I am building. The one will have Honduran Rosewood Back and sides and the other is being built with Madagascan Rosewood. Anyone will tell you that it is the soundboard that determines the tone of the guitar, but there are some who say that while this is generally true, when it comes to Honduran Rosewood, this is the only exception!
The photo below shows the uncut sides in the drum sander being thicknessed down to 2mm.
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