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Good shot to share of the necks. laminated mahogany, stacked heels. I did not laminate the headstock side of the scarf. I guess I like the arrows but am not sure I love each one. In all, they are great. I started w/ stewmac 000 templates but just to get measurements. I could not seem to carve to their profiles and each piece came into shape by feel. I feel I could go back to chisels and files now that I see the finished results and shave here or there and did on one where I reshaped the nut area/

I've followed the recent finishing posts. A few good wash coats of shellac, pore filled with aquacoat, a bit more shellac, then minwax wipe on poly clear satin. Will buff lightly with 0000 in a day or two and should be good to go. Their 4 bodies are all shellac fp in progress.

These 4 just got hung to dry after a long week of french polish sessions. This shot is last week before final fp. The necks aren't glued on yet. It's going to be a few weeks before I string them up. Then they need to settle in and harden. But later this summer, 4 are gonna go at once.

Overall, I'm glad I did many at once and will likely not start a new one for a while but then collect parts and do a few at a time. Many of the steps went more efficiently with several guitars lined up by sharing shop resets, tool setups, supplies, etc. Plus practice makes perfect and the main reason I have 6 active builds instead of 3 is that guitars sneak in. There's a few on the shelf but this lot is aching to go.

Next 4 posts will be final shots I hope.

I started out on the Bill Cory kit books. They are great introductions to this craft. He taught me to make and mark a number of brace cauls before closing the box. Sure was a useful tip as that original box of cauls gets used every build. Thanks Bill, you got me goin in right direction.

dovetails and glue up. I have to thank everyone here again who helped me learn how to make this joint. Blood, sweat, tears, a reset, and I finally have them in w/ hide glue.

I'm proud to let you all know that my 1st guitar ( the all mahagany) went to one of my favorite folk heroes, Samantha Crain. Here is my 1st public sighting. I'm so excited to hear her play this on stage. She is planning an online record release and i got a good feeling about the whole thing!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CCbUuBnAxYM ... _copy_link

wow, that's fantastic. Congratulations. You did an outstanding job.

The three intended guitars for this thread are done. There were few others along the way.

Thanks for all the help and support from everyone out here. All of your work is an inspiration.

They are going to great players and will see if i can post a video soon.

Here's my happy customers for two of the three guitars captured on cell vid with an incredible guitar demo and public debut of my builds.

https://youtu.be/zeCcn52shKQ

What a rewarding way to send off two of your creations! Well done!

Well done - they sound great