Claudia's OM

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Building Process ...

  body outline

  body mold completed

  side bending form completed

  sides, back, top joined, thicknessed and rough sized

  sides bent and fitted into mold

  gluing the scarf joint

  gluing the heel block

  completed neck blank

  gluing the headstock veneer

  headblock, tailblock installed

  headstock cut out

  soundhole rosette completed

  carving the heel

  heel carved

  gluing the bridge plate

  gluing the finger braces

  gluing the soundhole braces

  gluing the upper transversal graft

  gluing the upper face brace

   gluing the second lower face brace

  gluing the second x-brace

  sculpting the braces

  soundboard bracing completed

  gluing first back brace

  back bracing completed

  gluing top linings

  top glued to sides

  gluing back linings

  fitting the back

  back installed

  end graft completed

  first of the bindings applied

  bindings completed

  fingerboard ready for inlaying

  peace dove inlay cut out (not inlaid yet !)

  logo inlaid in headstock

  gluing the fingerboard

  fretting completed

  peace dove inlay

  carving the neck

  neck carving completed

  finish applied and hung up to cure