bits & pieces on the mandonaught today......

the back braces carved and the back glued onto the sides.....

then the spruce top was glued and weighted under a pile of books to dry.......

and the neck.....

start with a big lump of walnut. cut the face angle for the headstock, the rout the trussrod slot and glue on the fingerboard

(with a thin veneer of mahogany, just for looks.....)


Then once that's dry on to the band sawto rough cut the profile.......



then a little carving and sanding and it starts to look like a neck!!