I’ll let pictures tell most of the story.  I’m using a piece of abalone for my standard Mountain Whimsy logo on the headstock.  I start by mounting the blank to a thin piece of modeling plywood to add some strength.  Then the pattern is attached to the face of the abalone blank. Holes are drilled to provide access to the […]

I’ll start this out with the final product – a nice, tight joint where the heel meets the body.  It is not perfect, but it is close enough for me. It all starts out with the neck blank.  I am using a scarf joint for the headstock and a stacked heel block.  This is an economical and strong way to […]

Here is an article I can relate to. Of Wood and Men

On to the binding. Following in my path of building what I can to save money, I came up with my own binding routing jig. Watch out StewMac! These things are actually pretty easy to build. I made mine with a bunch of scrap MDF, a pair of under-drawer slides, a nylon washer and a piece of bungee cord. The […]

More progress on the OM acoustic guitar. Guitars are subject to a lot of stresses once the strings are attached and brought into tune.  This string tension can apparently rip a poorly built guitar apart – something I’d like to avoid. A series of internal bracing is designed to strengthen the guitar, without making it so stiff that the string […]