Goodman Guitars build thread
 

I have 3 guitars going towards finish simultaneously.

I process wood (backs and tops) in larger batches (resaw, join, thickness cut out shapes) then do a batch of 3 or 4 .

This batch is a 25.4" sale 14 fret triple 0 in birdseye maple with an engelmann top and koa appointments ,

a 24.9" scale 12 fret triple 0 with curly Honduran mahogany and a Lutz top and Indian rosewood appointments,

a 16" archtop with quilted maple and a Sitka spruce top with koa appointments.

Here is how I join the top and back. Old school-works great.



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Bracing the top in the go-bar deck. I simply use an overhanging shelf where I store guitar parts as the top to the go-bar deck and my workbench is the bottom.

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this is the 12 fret triple 0


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Gluing the top on:

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This shows my go- bar set up:


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getting started with the binding-sort of reminds me of trying to get toothpaste back in the tube!

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Now we are getting somewhere, both bodies done except for cutting the dovetail mortice.

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This will be the first time I tried a soundport.

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Looking sweet. Gotta love a 000-12, right? :cool:

Here they are to this point: (real time now)

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Looks great! Thanks for sharing, you do really beautiful work! How may guitars a year do you typically make?

I have some of your go bars that I use to help me find my driveway in the winter, I love it!!! ;)

Thanks,

Yes, they are driveway stakes I get from home depot.

I average about 6 instruments a year.

Yes, it is one of my favorites.

So now onto the necks:

On the maple guitar I am using a koa center strip.

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In the next step, I joint the top of the neck and true up the 14 degree head angle. I use my 1899 S.A. Woods 12" jointer to acomplish this task.
This tool has the nickname "The Aircraft Carrier" It has a 7' bed

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Next I use the table saw to cut the slot for the truss rod

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That bird's eye maple is pretty!

Brad,
I love your jointer! And that is some amazing quilted maple to boot.

Yes, it has been a great machine. The guy who I bought it from had the beds remachined, so they are nice and true.

Yes it is. I have always been a big fan of birdseye maple, but it seems to have limited appeal to the masses.

That's a shame. I especially like bird's eye maple necks on electric guitars.

Here is the archtop neck:

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Ready to spray:

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the necks continue:

cutting the dovetails...

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tapering and thicknessing the neck on the pin router

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this is a great tool. There is a foot operated lever at the bottom that elavates the table.

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cleaning up the heel on the spindle sander.

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here I am thicknessing the head with the bandsaw.

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The big saw known as the "Laguna Monster"

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Gluing "ears" on the maple neck

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