The Making of a Guitar
Hopefully these pictures will help you see something about how a guitar comes together. Click on any picture to get an enlarged version.
 | 1. The neck and headstock are cut to shape. |
2. The holes for the tuners are drilled into the headstock. |  |
 | 3. The necks have been rough-machined and are ready for the fretboards. |
4. The fretboard is glued onto the neck. |  |
 | 5. This vacuum bag provides the pressure needed to glue the braces to the delicate spruce top. |
6. The finished top here is ready for body assembly. |  |
 | 7. Clamps assist in gluing the neck block and tail to the sides. |
8. The back must be carefully fit to the sides before gluing. |  |
 | 9. This maple body is ready to assemble. |
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