Black Walnut guitar in progress
Here are a few pictures of a Black Walnut guitar in progress I am building for a friend in Virginia.
Highly Flamed Black Walnut for the back.
Wiped with a damp cloth to show the grain.
Another shot showing the unusual grain.
Shot of the plans for the top with brace material,
Sitka Spruce top, and Black Walnut back.
Black Walnut side in half mold.
The next 4 pictures are of the Black Walnut rosette.
Walnut rosette inlaid, soundhole cut out
Kerfing on back.
Back Kerfing done.
Putting on top kerfing.
Kerfing finished waiting on sanding.
Closeup of Mahogany Reversed Kerfing.
Back braces being glued up on the go bar deck.
Close up back braces.
Braces trimmed on one side.
Braces trimmed.
Trial fit of back to sides.
Trial fit, back to sides end view.
TOP BRACING
Laying out bracing for top. The X brace is notched and one piece partially scalloped.
Bridge plate and X bracing glued up in Go Bar Deck.
All braces glued, next is trimming ends and final shaping.
Marking ends of braces for trimming.
End view, marking braces.
Trial fit of top to sides after braces ends have been trimmed.
Walnut side braces.
Top and back were glued on the go bar deck.
Body out of the mold.
Trial fit of neck
Checking neck alignment.
Back view, the calendar on the right is from Hefner's Store in Mill Point, West Virginia, 1951.
Many thanks to Argile Arbogast for saving the calendar all these years and giving it to me.
Front view.
Dual action truss rod.
Grained Ivoroid end wedge glued in
Grained Ivoroid with green purfling glued on back
Closeup of binding and purfling
Closeup with tape removed
Binding channel in top
Binding glued and taped
Closeup of Ivoroid binding with green, white, green purfling.
First coat of shellac applied
The next 2 pictures are the back and sides with one coat of shellac
Trial fit of inlay material.
Fingerboard binding with Gold Pearl side dots
Headstock overlay glued up.
Headstock rough shaped, glueing on fingerboard.
Fingerboard with binding glued ready for inlay.
Fingerboard inlays in
Fingerboard inlay complete, frets finished.
Glue bridge
Pyramid bridge.
Completed July 20, 2006, with Tortis pickguard and buffalo horn bridge pins.
