Here’s a couple of more pics that should have been with the previous post, to do with the finishing touches.

Tail binding strip

One of the last things I do to finish off the binding scheme, is to fit the back tail inlay. This will be from the same wood as the rest of the binding. The guitar is held between two 1″ dowels protruding out from the workbench.The waist cradles the dowels while you work [...]

gluing neck to body          The fingerboard is thicknessed to 5mm and the slots marked out for the scale length chosen. The slots are cut by hand on a miter box.The frets are either pressed into place or tapped into place with a small hammer.File all the ends level with the f/bd edge, and bevel the [...]