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 with Bracing Source: Guitar Building Articles/The Guitar Back Tools and Materials Required: Go Board Gluing Tool Titebond II or III for Domestic Hardwood 2-Part Epoxy for Exotic Hardwoods 1/2″ Chisel for Glue Cleanup Acetone for Epoxy Cleanup Rubber Gloves for Acetone Respirator for Acetone Cotton Cloth The biggest trick in bracing the Back [...]

Dreadnought Guitar Diagram Source: Guitar Plans While the classical guitar has a lot more variety in bracing patterns than does the acoustic guitar, there are a few notable bracing patterns that have become a standard in the acoustic guitar making industry. In the 1930′s C.F. Martin rose to the top as the leader in steel [...]

If you have been around the acoustic guitar community for very long you have no doubt heard of scalloped bracing. Brace scalloping is usually a topic of lively discussion between luthiers. Some swear by it and some swear at it. Personally I fee that it lends itself to producing a fine-sounding instrument. Brace Scalloping – [...]