Twig rosette in spruce top

Spruce top with rosette

Cedar top with rosette

Cedar top with bracing, mahogany back wood

Spruce top with bracing, shown with back

Beginning the back braces

Back braces for cutaway back

Gluing back braces

Shaping the back braces

Shaping the back braces

Shaping the back braces

Shaped back braces for non-cutaway guitar

Shaped back braces for cutaway guitar

Gluing blocks on non-cutaway

Gluing blocks on cutaway

Preparing for kerfed lining

Installing the lining

Adding side struts

Two rims awaiting backs and tops

Gluing the cedar top

Gluing the back

Cutaway top after gluing

Back for cutaway

Binding cutaway at heel

Ebony strip in place

Gluing the purfling

Purfling on the cutaway body

Purfling on the cedar OOO

Cedar body before binding

Back before binding

Gluing the headplates

Neck blanks -- back