Parlor Guitar Build

Just an update on my Parlor Guitar Build. Starting with some wood, sides pre-bent and neck pre-carved by Lmi and a bunch of wood, here we go!!!

Here is a photo of the box, just finished closing it and in the photo you can see the end graft a piece of curly maple that I am working on. Next I need to cut the binding channels and install the binding. The main binding will be curly maple with some fine black/white/black line purflings on the sides and on the top will be a bold purfling of herringbone much like the herringbone on the rosette only smaller.



You will notice on the rosette several rings and when the binding is installed the herringbone binding will be very close to the final ring on the rosette, creating a very unique look. 

 This is a still from a video just to show the work on the inside of the box, back and sides. Really worked hard to keep it clean and pristine.

I did not realize when I began this project there would be so many cosmetic issues. I am now installing the binding and there are little imperfections I need to address, in both the channel for the binding and the binding it self. I am using for the most part wood binding to be specific on the box and have encountered issues in this choice. On the headstock and fingerboard I will be using plastic binding in the cream color in an effort to match the wood binding on the box. 

 Here you can see the binding, I had just removed the tape and began scraping the sides.

Here we have a closeup of the herringbone purfling and curly Maple binding, the soundboard is red wood from California.

Here we have the back with the inlay and binding this is Machiche wood.

 Here is the headstock an Ebony veneer with the inlays. The abalone and pearl inlays were cut by David R. Nichols of Custom Pearl Inlay, http://www.custompearlinlay.com/ excellent work and a great price. I installed the inlays with epoxy mixed with ebony saw dust, and a bit of transtint black. Thanks 

Update: You can see the completed guitar and more on my website, http://www.Brittonguitars.com  

David Howard

Britton Guitars