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Rocket Man is a title I thought appropriate for this spectacular set of Brazilian Rosewood and my customer agrees - the guitar will be called Rocket Man.

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The guitar will be a slope shouldered Dread with Adirondack Spruce top. Maple bindings and tail graft. Ebony fret board, peg head and bridge. Mahogany neck. Inlays will be a "space" theme. This will be my first build with Brazilian Rosewood; I have waited 12 years for this.

I am starting with the sides:

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Bending:

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First side ready for building form:

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Both sides in building form:

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Tail block & Heel block glued

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Kerfed linings and side reinforcement installed. Both back and top of sides sanded to appropriate radius

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Maple tail graft

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Cutting tail graft slot

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Back has been joined and a reinforcing strip installed. Reinforcing strip has been cut to accept back braces

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Braces glued to back and being shaped

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Braces shaped and ready for assembly

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Back & sides ready for the sound board

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Rosette  -  I have started tracking my time during a build so that I will have a better idea of how  long it takes me to make a guitar. This rosette was right at 6 hours. That was news to me; I thought it took a lot less. When you are having fun................


Bracing the sound board

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Sanding the bridge plate radius

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Routing for bindings

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Bending herring bone for top purfling

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Binding installation

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Working on the neck:

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Initial neck fit to body:

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RocketMan has a number of planetary inlays as well as the "Giltzow" script and appropriately a rocket.
Below are pictures of the peg head and fret board in progress:

Spraying finish is complete and I am now working on the neck, frets & bridge:

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Sanding 30 foot radius in bridge bottom

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The neck has been installed and I am ready to start the fret dressing. Marking each fret with a black sharpie I can beam sand all frets. Knowing to stop the leveling when all black marks have been hit by the sanding beam:

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Frets are then rounded on the ends, re-crowned and then polished. Position for the bridge is located and the bridge is glued to the soundboard.

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Install pick guard and strings and this guitar is ready for a new home

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Pictures of finished guitar:

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