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