Last Update: 11/10/18
Homage to Jose Romanillos
Preparing band saw for cutting the Voussoirs | |
Cutting one of the wedges for the voussoirs | |
Preparing to glue the wedges. | |
Clamping and gluing the wedges. | |
Ready for shaping the voussoirs. | |
Making the columns | |
Cutting groove for capitals. | |
Gluing the capitals. | |
Logs for the rosette tiles. | |
Inlaying the tiles into the spruce soundboard. | |
Complete rosette. | |
Making the "Through Vee" style head. | |
Gluing joint. | |
Back of through vee joint. | |
Making the head plate central purfling. | |
Thicknessing the log. | |
Cutting strips off the log and fitting to head plate. Central strip is from the rosette rings. | |
Head plate pinned and glued to the head. | |
Ready to rout head shape. | |
Head shape routed. | |
Routing string slots. | |
Head complete. | |
Back of head showing through vee joint. | |
Elevated through vee head joint. | |
Braced soundboard. | |
Fitting the sides. | |
Sides glued on with tentelones. | |
Making kerfed linings. | |
Kerfed lining glued on. | |
The back. | |
Braces glued on and fitting the back to the body. | |
My label. 2018 No. 369 | |
Gluing the back on. | |
Installing the purfling and ebony binding. | |
Fingerboard glued on. | |
Shaping the neck and heel. | |
Leveling and dressing the frets. | |
Gluing the bridge. | |
Starting the finishing. French Polishing the head. | |
Through Vee joint. | |
Heel and back purfling. | |
Tail purfling. | |
Rosette. | |
Soundboard. | |
More French polishing. 18-Hole tie block! | |
Build complete and strings put on. Soundboard. | |
Rosette and label. | |
18 hole tie block. | |
Back. | |
Head | |
Marin Arts & Culture January/February 2019 article featuring George Sakellariou with this guitar | |
Marin Arts & Culture January/February 2019 article featuring George Sakellariou with this guitar | |
Marin Arts & Culture January/February 2019 article featuring George Sakellariou with this guitar | |
Marin Arts & Culture January/February 2019 article featuring George Sakellariou with this guitar | |
Marin Arts & Culture January/February 2019 article featuring George Sakellariou with this guitar |