Monthly Archives: April 2010

“The David” – putting a handle on it

April 5, 2010 – 6:16 pm

With the corpus finished, we are ready to make and install a neck. We start with the raw material, a neck block and finger board. We first use a template to trace the shape of the neck on the neck block. We cut out the shape and drill the peg holes. Next we pare away [...]

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“The David”- putting it all together

April 1, 2010 – 10:53 am

With all of the pieces done, it is time to put it all together. The first step is to remove the rib assembly from the form and trim the blocks and linings. Next we glue the back on. At this point, I like to clean everything up and apply a very thin coat of propolis [...]

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