Last Update: 05/16/18
Guitar for Mikel Soria
Model: Miguel Rodriguez
Specifications:
| Thicknessing the neck blank. | |
| Gluing the head/neck scarf joint. | |
| Lay out of head and preparing to glue head plate. | |
| Head plate and veneers glued on and head routed to shape with hand shaping of details. | |
| Routing string slots. | |
| ramping string slots and beveling the slots. Final detailing. | |
| Heel carving and slotting for sides.. | |
| Back view of neck. Ready for sides and soundboard to be attached. | |
| Thicknessing the back. | |
| Thicknessing the soundboard. | |
| Attaching soundboard to the neck. | |
| Bending sides and fitting them to soundboard. | |
| Sides fitted and ready for lining. | |
| Linings glued on. Sides glued to soundboard. Ready for fitting the back. | |
| Back center reinforcement strip being glued on. | |
| Gluing back braces. | |
| Tail purfling glued in an leveled. | |
| Gluing the back on. | |
| Back glued on and ready for binding and purfling. | |
| Making the binding and side purfling. | |
| 'Bee Stings" and the heel cap. Binding and purfling complete. | |
| Body binding and purfling complete. | |
| Ready for fingerboard and bridge. | |
| Fretboard glued on and leveled. Ready for frets. | |
| Fretted and ready for shaping of the neck. | |
| Shaping the neck. | |
| Guitar finished and ready for strings. | |
| Back view. | |
| Head stock. | |
| Heel pufling | |

