Highland Lowlife
On the first of December I returned my focus toward the guitar. After watching those tutorials on bending I had a better feel for it. I worked quickly getting the ribs very close to the edges of the soundboard and backplate. I was about ready to get the ribs fitted the next day when the soundboard once again came off the neck. This was really my fault as far as the fit for the A-braces. Doing all that work by hand leaves only a minimal margin of error. I tried a patch job filling the gaps for the A-braces with sawdust and then putting the hide glue on it. But yet again the soundboard came off the neck. Dave suggested getting new tops and I'd like to because there is a good chance the luon would split from the string tension anyway. It also would not sound nearly as good as say a spanish cedar, alaskan cedar, or even a redwood top. The thing is now that I'm basically rebuilding the guitar around new materials. I feel like it won't be my guitar, it will be built ...