Cutting out the top/back bracing strip .... Progress!

The strip that runs along the joint of the back is cut from the spruce top. Unlike the rest of the braces, it is cross-grained.


Here you see me tracing the shape of the guitar onto the spruce top from the mold. The mold isn't perfect but I just need to get the basic shape now, it'll get trimmed down to the final shape once I join the top to the sides.


Another shot of the mold, I don't think I've added pictures of it before.

It actually looks kindof like a guitar. This was taken shortly after cutting out the spruce top with the jigsaw.

So I've been experimenting with the rosette. I got the dremel circle cutter to work well so it should make the rosette pretty easy. The rosette is going to be a 5/16th inch thick (outer radius-inner radius) walnut ring with a bloodwood outer ring thats 1/16th inch. More about that later.