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Originally Posted by smctunes
Thanks for all the responses so far! I will definitely give progress reports as I go.
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Looking forward to seeing how you do. I just started my first build this week..and decided to go with IR "to play it safe" and a sinker redwood top (partly because I'm partial to sinker, but mostly because I have a number of tops handy).
Like you, I'm doing his one from scratch, and decided that with this first guitar I'm mostly interested in the experience and to learn, especially about how bracing affects tone. I'll be using a bending the sides on a pipe, as that is how the guy who's shop I'm building in does it - no Universal Bender here!
So far I've thicknesses and joined the top plates, back plates and sides and glued the tail block to the sides. We'll be bending the sides next week and trimming the top and back to the pattern.
I'm building a 00 and have decided to go deeper than normal .. about 4 1/2 at the tail to 4 5/8 at the waist. Sorry, no build pics on this one..maybe completion pica though
