Key Phases

Rosette making – Using Steve Toscano’s triangle method

Finishing a guitar yourself

Lining up and drilling (Drill press) the holes for the tuning pegs in the headstock

Shaping the neck with a spokeshave

Heel caps and tail finishing ideas

The back (Tasmanian blackwood)

Some interesting fret work (Levelling, inserting frets, inserting fret markers, shaping fretboard)

Love making the bracing

Setting the binding

Bending the sides

Neck and Heel work

Fret levelling

This process requires you to grind the tops of the frets level then recrown and re-edge it takes about 2hours and needs to be done carefully.