Paulownia backs for this guitar.
A channel is routed on the back for the centreseam.
The centreseam is a sandwich of Indonesian rosewood with maple/walnut veneers on either side. Here, it is inlayed into the routed channel.
Centreseam levelled with scraper.
Back grafts being glued.
Back grafts of cross-grained Paulownia (offcuts of the back)glued and sanded to a curved cross-section down to #240 garnet.
The back braces are arched the same way as the soundboard before installing.
The final back brace is being glued down.
Back braces shaped and edge feathered.
