The top four rows are rosewood bindings. The bottom ten strips are figured maple/walnut laminated veneers purflings. They are prepared in the shop.


Here, the top and back binding ledges are routed. The rest of the unfinished ledge towards the neck, will be removed by hand (chisel that is). The router will be going for another round to clean up and even out the earlier rout.


Here's the laminate trimmer I use for routing my guitars.

I’m creating a blog carnival where I’ll be listing many great posts from other bloggers around the Internet. These will be helpful posts that tell us more about paulownia tree, timber, leaves, etc, and share useful information.

If you like to participate and submit your articles to this carnival, do visit http://blogcarnival.com/bc/cprof_7606.html

Stay tuned, the first edition will be posted last Thursday of this month.

The G.A.L. package arrived after a month and a half wait.


Here's my G.A.L. member certificate.


Besides the current Spring 2009 journal, I bought the "Lutherie Tools" with many ideas, diagrams and photos of tools and equipment so I can pore over till my eyes hurt!

I have just recently uploaded an new recording of a short classical guitar favourite, "Estrellita" by Manuel Ponce, on the Paulownia classical guitar. Thanks to Claire for bringing this beautiful piece up to my attention.

Hear it at - http://www.myspace.com/ngohguitars

If you have a myspace account, friend me up there, ok?

If you like this piece, and you wish to play it (it's not too difficult, that's why I'm playing it), just send me a nice email and I'll shoot you the score :)

Keep the music alive!

I just heard that Michael Jackson has died.

He suffered a heart attack just after 3 am Singapore time and paramedics were unable to revive him...:(

To work on the endgraft, the assembled guitar is clamp with four cam clamps as pictured. Simple method, just have to make sure they are lined up properly against the lining edge of the top and back to avoid fracturing the thin plates. I may build a more permanent guitar holding vise in the near future, I don't know, but this works for now and it doesn't take long to setup.


Here the groove for the endgraft must be trimmed carefully with a razor knife and chisel.


The groove is complete.


The endgraft of rosewood to match the bindings. The tapered rosewood is lined with maple/walnut purflings on either side, now being glued down with a long cam clamp, as shown below ------>


...
...about an hour later...I'm back to the workbench, scraping the rosewood end graft flush with the sides

The spruce top overhang is trimmed.