This American sycamore and red spruce guitar is rounding third base headed for home. The finish has been built up and now I’m on to compacting and burnishing the French polish finish. I still love the sycamore!
The Adirondack spruce tops shows virtually no run out and beautiful silking.
Rosewood binding forms the edges of this American sycamore guitar.
A view of the rosewood end graft.
The mostly finished maple neck.
The mostly finished maple headstock.
Between coats, I’m working the last piece to shape for this guitar: the pyramid-style bridge made of African blackwood.
To make a bridge, I first dimension the block, then drill the pin holes and route the saddle slot.
I shape the notch between the pyramid and the center bar then start chiseling to create the pyramid.
Once the chisel has formed the faces of the pyramid, out come the rasps and files to refine the shape.
