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Neck attach with Spline
There are many ways that a guitar neck can be attached to a guitar body. For classical guitars, the Spanish Heel is the traditional method. There is also a bolt attached mortise and tenon method. I’ve used both of these multiple times in the past, but the method I prefer is to attach the neck…
Read MoreSide slots in Spanish Heel
I’ve seen many online descriptions and videos showing how to make the slots in the neck that will hold the sides of a guitar for the spanish heel method of building guitars. I build my classical guitars with a separated neck and body that are joined later with a spline. But I wish to…
Read MoreRosette Making – Part 3 of 3
Making a rosette: Part 3 of 3 My last two blogs showed how to create the mosaic tiles that are used to create a rosette main field. This article shows how to turn this raw material into a pleasing rosette. Here is one of the completed rosettes that I will continue to work on in…
Read MoreRosette Mosaic – Part 2 of 3
My last blog was about designing the mosaic tiles for a rosette, and gluing up the sandwich layers of veneer used to make each column of a rosette tile. This one is describing assembling these into a “log” which in this case is a 16×19 array of colored wood pixels to make the pattern of…
Read MoreRosette Mosaic – part 1 of 3
I’m documenting my first attempts at making a classical guitar rosette using the traditional tile mosaic method. The classical guitar offers the maker very little leeway in customizing the look of the instrument. This is such a traditional instrument that most embellishments of inlay are generally frowned upon. The only visual identification available to a…
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