Author Archives: LuthierMan

For a couple of years I’ve been fooling around trying to get a CNC machine happening so I can ‘rough in’ necks. This has become more pressing now because I’ve had some ideas lately about how to make the necks … Continue reading →

When the finished soundbox of the Boomer came out of clamps this morning, the tap tone was terrific. The sound is tight and big. I routed off the lip left by the top, and then routed the top and bottom … Continue reading →

I need more clamps. This is barely enough. It will do, but frankly I’d rather have clamping pressure along every single inch of the seam. If anybody wants to know what I want for Father’s Day, or any gifting opportunity … Continue reading →

I glued the maple bridge patch on here yesterday and now I’m starting the top bracing. I’m using Sitka Spruce, in an X configuration. This picture is of the first spar of the X.  This involves a lot of careful … Continue reading →

I caught up the maple-bodied boomer while waiting for the fingerboards… and today those came, so I am putting together a neck too. The last thing today is making up a rosette, based on a new pattern I have been … Continue reading →

I tried. All weekend long. I really did. But it’s over 100 degrees Fahrenheit here in Minnesota,  and it’s only the end of May. What is July going to be like? What is 2025 going to be like? The guitars … Continue reading →

Light duty day. I sanded the top and cut it down on the bandsaw. Also added another brace to the inside of the guitar, after tap testing it and deciding where it would be best. Discovered I’m out of fingerboards … Continue reading →

I took the guitar body out of clamps and routed the back flush to the sides. It looks nice. It almost looks nice enough to skip a binding. I’ll have to think about that. Next, I glued up the Sitka … Continue reading →

I sanded the back after it came out of the clamps, laid the guitar body down on it, marked it with a No.2 Ticonderoga pencil (very important) and cut it out on the bandsaw. I sanded it with a drum … Continue reading →

I pulled all the clamps off the sides today and started sanding them. I have about an hour more of working the surfaces that the back and top will attach to. But it takes a day to glue the back … Continue reading →