the cutaway looks more venetian than florentine, or am I looking at it wrong? I guess I don't "grok" what is happening there ('shaped and glued"?)

Haha! You should have seen MY guesses at what that was! I didn't get it at all!

You can see the markings on the form - "neck" "back" and "point". This is just the florentine "C" part of the cutaway. It will be joined to the side and to the neck after trimming.

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_zGI_o4anong/Sz...2013.43.01.jpg

It might be more clear in this picture - although you have to look at it upside down to see how it will attach:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_zGI_o4anong/Sz...2013.43.21.jpg

Here's the cutaway on Volcano. You can see the piece between the point and the neck - that's what's being formed and glued (this is a double side being glued together) in the Wanderer pics:

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/g...o/0709_cut.jpg

Well, I hope two in one evening is striking a balance between "too much" and t-man's "every hour"...!

This will add to tbondo's question, though, so I thought I'd go ahead and post a few more pics.

The back with bracing and the name / serial plate attached:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_zGI_o4anong/S0...2016.55.35.jpg

Closeup of the nameplate:
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_zGI_o4anong/S0...2016.55.49.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_zGI_o4anong/S0...2017.10.47.jpg

In this shot you can see the piece that makes the florentine cut that was being glued up in the previous post:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_zGI_o4anong/S0...2017.11.23.jpg

Note that these are double sides. The quilted mahogany on the inside was a serendipitous find by Mike this past fall in a scraps and pieces pile at a wood supply shop. Perfect for the inner of the double sides for the "tree" outers!

Thanks for watching!

Phil

it's coming together very, very nicely phil. can't wait for the next "hourly" post...

Lookin' good, Phil! Can't wait to play it :D:guitar:

wow, almost a week and still no update??? cmon phil...

just stringin' y'all along...

Actually, there've been no picture updates.. I check a couple times a day!

We're still targeting February for completion, most likely "end of"...!

Phil

It'll be in your hands before you know it then. Until then, you might need to find another "fix" for a month and a half...oh, and share it with us too... :D

uh... too late... fix already identified and inbound in the next 2 weeks...

"Volcano"...

Phil

wow! i really need to get a 2nd job! that was a really nice addition to your family!

Yes indeed! or just a really long time with a single job!

Thanks..

Phil

Some nice work in progress on the rosette and headstock overlay. The woods are Macassar Ebony (as are the bindings), "tree" quilted mahogany, and spalted maple. I think that burst of spalted maple on the headstock overlay is very striking!

The top is sinker cedar, from a swamp-sunk log.

Thanks for looking!

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_zGI_o4anong/S2...2017.34.19.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_zGI_o4anong/S2...2017.57.13.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_zGI_o4anong/S2...2017.36.34.jpg

The rosette laid up and glued with purfling and soundhole binding...

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_zGI_o4anong/S2...2012.22.32.jpg

pardon my question phil, but what is that "excess" wood on the waist of the guitar?

It's where the CNC reference holes are located, I believe. Note in this picture that the top is secured by those holes:
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_zGI_o4anong/S2...2017.34.19.jpg

They will, of course, be trimmed off along with any other overlapping, then the top will be routered for the binding and purflings. I've seen these "ears" on other build threads.

Phil