northernlake.com
RSSTwitterFacebookLinkedInGoogle+
  • About

Bending the sides

By Wilco On January 20, 2011 · Add Comment · In Building procedures, Second build: Advanced Jumbo

For my last birthday i was given a new Canon 550D camera, so from now on I’ll try and post pictures of better quality than my camera phone.

The sides are now bent and completed. [...]

More...

Update on the AJ

On December 24, 2010 By Wilco

Although I’ve only posted little about this build, I’m actually making quite good progress!

The back came out nicely, even though I made a big mistake. The halves were supposed to be bookmatched, but in [...]

More...

New build well underway

On October 18, 2010 By Wilco

It’s been a while since I posted, but things are still looking good in the work shop.

With #1 under my belt (it still needs some minor adjustments) I have been quietly working on #2. [...]

More...

It’s done!

On August 7, 2010 By Wilco

Since the last post in April, I’ve been working on my second guitar and eagerly waiting for the return of #1. Well, the wait is over. It’s done at last. I’m very pleased with the [...]

More...

Done for now

On April 7, 2010 By admin

Here it is, waiting in its case to be taken to the finishing shop:

And because I know you can’tget enough:

It’s taken me a year and a half to complete in bi-weekly [...]

More...

Refretting already

On March 7, 2010 By admin

With the finish line in sight, I expected that last week’s session would end in me taking the completed guitar with me to have it sprayed with lacquer. Things turned out a little different…

The [...]

More...

Time to finish up

On March 1, 2010 By admin

These last stages of the build are not particularly interesting for my audience. I do apologize.

Apart from shaping the neck, I’ve been sanding. And sanding. And sanding some more. This does mean, however, that [...]

More...

Neck is taking shape

On February 1, 2010 By Wilco

The last bit if real hard work is underway. I’ve started to shape the neck:

So, what was once a straight piece of wood is slowly but surely becoming something that resembles a guitar [...]

More...

Fingerboard ready

On January 10, 2010 By admin

With the fingerboard now glued to the neck I was ready to give it its radius. The fret board is not flat, so using a 16″ radius sanding block, I went through a whole range [...]

More...

Getting there…

On January 3, 2010 By admin

This journey is slowly but surely moving into the final stages, but I haven’t taken a lot of photos of the last few sessions. One major accomplishment: the fretboard has been glued onto the neck.

[...]
More...
  • ← Previous Entries
    northernlake.com

    Pages

    • About

    The Latest

    • Bending the sides
      For my last birthday i was given a new Canon 550D camera, […]

    More

    © 2012 northernlake.com