Have been working on it in silence, but here are some pictures of the situation a few days ago. All ribs glued in place and roughly trimmed, fine carpentry and beautification remain. GammelGura 59 This is the hardest in the batch, very thin wood in the lid, bottom and side. They had tried to compensate with very thick ribs and a…
Got in a handled Levin archtop guitar that would get a Lollar pickup and a general repair. Tone and volume control would sit in the lid. The bottom without major problems except that the celluloid strip was hard as porcelain, became 4 pieces instead of two. Got bored at the bottom which was a heavy lump, thinned to about 3…
This week, ribs were glued to all bottoms. Also made a new and more ambitious jig to triangulate the ribs. Previously they were 9 mm wide, now 8,5 mm. Have had to carve a little too much on the 9 mm ribs, better to make them a little thinner from the beginning. Some bottoms have three ribs and others four. Tre…
