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Hawaiian Steel Guitar Project - Part 2

comments (2) July 23rd, 2012 in blogs

John Tetreault, Associate Art Director

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Detail of the lap joint at the center of the x-brace.

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The hawaiian guitar project is coming along. In Part 1, we covered jointing the plates for the top and back, side bending, and inlaying the rosette. This blog covers the carving of the spruce bracing for the top. Probably the most enjoyable step of the guitar building process, for me. Because of the carefully selected straight grain of the spruce, a sharp chisel will go exactly where you will it to go. And it even smells great!

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Custom Chisel Storage for a Brand New Bench

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epirnik writes: Pah! And when would he have time to actually build the darn thing??? Just kidding. Always a pleasure, saschafer:)
Ed

Posted: 12:39 pm on July 27th

saschafer writes:
John,

You need to put your camera on a tripod, close down the aperture, and increase the exposure time. ;-)

-Steve

Posted: 11:59 am on July 23rd

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