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I am building a WCG model guitar for Vaughn F. This guitar model is a full sized guitar based on drawings by William Cumpiano. Vaughn has chosen black walnut for back and sides. The walnut is from a tree removed from a construction site in Emmett, Idaho. 

Thinning, cutting and marking the sides for bending.

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Bending sides

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Both sides in the building mold:

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Heel & tail blocks fabricated and ready to be glued to the sides:

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Gluing heel and tail blocks:

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Installing linings for more glue surface area between sides, top & back:

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Side crack stop reinforcement maple strips installed:

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Routing heel end graft - Material to match bindings will be installed here.

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Both top and back are sanded to accept the domed back and sides. 15' radius for the back and 30' radius for the sound board:

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The joint edge of each back half are trued with a jack plane for perfect fit when glued

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The back is joined with a Gibson style back strip

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Interior back reinforcement installed and cut for back braces

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Brace wood for back and top are cut from hand split billets. Thinned to proper thickness

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Each brace is then contoured to the radius of the back (15') or the top (30') using a special jig on my jointer:

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Braces are glued to the back using fiberglass kite rods to apply pressure

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Shaping back braces

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Back braces shaped and ready to mate with sides

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Glued on with pressure from kite rods

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Trimmed and awaiting soundboard

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Joining the Western Red Cedar sound board

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Marking top for brace location

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Carving X braces

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Gluing the other braces

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Carving braces

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Braces carved and top voiced  -  ready for attachment to sides & back

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Soundboard installed

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Cutting binding channels

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Installing b/w/b purfling for end graft

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Gluing bindings, purfling and pau abalone

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Bindings purfling & shell scraped and sanded

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Glue up of neck & peghead

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Neck with truss rod installed

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Initial neck set

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Ebony fret board slotted for 25.4" scale

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Attaching fret board to neck

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Neck shaping

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Drilling holes for tuners

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Inlays arrive from Vietnam

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Cavity cut for eagle head and ready for installation

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Installing frets

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Fret position markers

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Mating body and neck

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Fitting bridge pins

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Installing tuners

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Pictures of finished guitar by Jeanne Giltzow

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