Several alternatives are available to you to clamp a guitar back to the sides. We will discuss them, and how to actually glue the back into place.
Tools and Materials Required: Wood Chisels Japanese Pull Saw
Guitar Back Arch Template: Getting the arch perfect on an acoustic or classical guitar can be a chore. Use this template for perfect results. Free download for making an edge sander to aid you in making the template.
Gluing The Back Center Strip Source: Guitar Building Articles/The Guitar Back The Back Center Reinforcement Strip There are several schools of thought about in what order you glue the back braces and the back reinforcement strip. Tools & Materials Required: Fine Toothed Dovetail Saw X Acto Saw Go Board Tool 2-Part Instrument Epoxy Glue Titebond [...]
Guitar Back – East Indian Rosewood Source: Guitar Wood Selection Guitar Backs/Side sets offer the luthier even more option that do the guitar top plates. The reason for this is not only are guitars build from domestic hardwoods, even more often they are built from exotic hardwoods. For your convenience we have listed a number [...]
Guitar Back Center Purfling Source: Guitar Building Articles/The Guitar Back Classical Guitar Purfling As for the classical guitar, the center purfling strip is usually very conventional, it consists of a 3-part wood detail. the center portion of the wood matches the wood purfling around the guitar edges and that wood usually matches the back/side wood [...]
Guitar Top Preparation Source: Guitar Building Articles/The Guitar Back Preparation of the Back Plate: Tools and Supplies Needed: 24″ Aluminum Level Adhesive Sandpaper 220 Grit r Guitar Plate Jointing Jig Titebond III Glue 2-Part Epoxy Glue Dremel Moto Tool 4000: Portable Block Sander If you haven’t purchased your back/side sets yet or are wondering what [...]
Guitar Bracing Source: Guitar Building Articles/The Guitar Top The Purpose Of Guitar Plate Bracing Bracing for the Top Plate and the Back Plate can be almost as important selection as the tonewood itself. Bracing basically has two purposes in life: 1. Bracing Structural Quality: One of the bracings purposes is to protect the top or [...]
