Stephen Boone's Blog

Next Guitar

stephenboone — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:58:48 +0000

This is my NEXT guitar. It will be much like the one I am now working on but it will have a cedar top instead of spruce. I will make it a close as possible to a flamenco guitar constructed by the great Santos Hernandez in 1933. This means that internally it will be a lot different than the guitar I hope you are enjoying seeing built now.

Finger Board

stephenboone — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:53:35 +0000

I have profiled the neck to a shape that is comfortable to my hand. I am worried that it will need a lot more sanding.(I strongly dislike sanding)

Finger Board

stephenboone — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:51:37 +0000

I have profiled the fingerboard to the soundhole here. The fretboard is made from ebony. It is incredibly dense and a bit oily. It is also a bit brittle and tough to shape.

Finger board

stephenboone — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:49:18 +0000

I have test fit the tuning machines. They are not permanently installed, I am just getting a feel for how they will look.

Finger board

stephenboone — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:11:17 +0000

Here, the pre-slotted fretboard has been added. This was quite a lot of work mostly involving sanding. I had to be very careful to position the fretboard correctly and I used dowels to do so.

Binding

stephenboone — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:08:35 +0000

The back of the guitar with binding.

Binding

stephenboone — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:04:33 +0000

Now you can see the binding scheme after everything is installed and trimmed.

Binding

stephenboone — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:02:42 +0000

I use glue and lots of tape to secure the binding into the ledge. I have to do this to all four “corners” of the guitar.

Binding

stephenboone — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:00:53 +0000

You can see the ledge that I cut away to accept the binding.

Binding

stephenboone — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:57:06 +0000

The binding is bent to the shape of the guitar.