Saturday, January 19, 2013

Mitre Madness!

With the aid of lutherie's most underappreciated item of machinery, the disk sander, I've been preparing binding mitres and have almost finished these fingerboards and headstocks. 


Should I ever find myself building guitars for profit, bound fretboards and headstocks will definitely be an optional extra, priced accordingly. The rewards are great, but there's a lot of additional work involved.

Cheers
Pete

What's In a Name?

The back and sides of this guitar are of narra, which is an alternative name for a wood that's most often marketed here in Australia as ...