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Category: Guitar Building

Another addition to the family!

Another addition to the family!

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It has been a while since I posted on here, but I have continued building through this silence. Last week I put strings on a new guitar. This new guitar is particularly exciting to me because it is going to stay with me—finally I have managed to build myself a …

emilyshawguitar December 1, 2020 December 1, 2020 019 Classical Guitar / Uncategorized
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Completed guitars Nos. 024 and 026

Completed guitars Nos. 024 and 026

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It took longer than I had hoped, but I finally finished both of the guitar that I have been working on for the past few months. To recap, both guitars are cedar-topped, lattice-braced classical guitars. Guitar No. 024 is a full scale, 650mm instrument with Ziricote back and sides, and …

emilyshawguitar July 3, 2020 July 3, 2020 024 Classical / 026 Classical
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Closing a different kind of box

Closing a different kind of box

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Since moving to this house/shop, I have been on a (slow paced) mission to improve my working situation. The first thing was to lower the bench height and put in a temporary bench top. Then, about 20 months ago, my dad and brother helped me remodel the workshop (which you …

emilyshawguitar June 13, 2020 June 13, 2020 Workshop
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Preparing for finish

Preparing for finish

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The last time I wrote about the guitars that I am working on was back in March when I just just finished inlaying the rosettes. A lot has happened since then, and now the guitars look like guitars! In fact, I am just about ready to apply finish to the …

emilyshawguitar May 19, 2020 May 19, 2020 024 Classical / 026 Classical
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3 new rosettes

3 new rosettes

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I have been trying to take full advantage of all of the advice to stay indoors over the past few days. I am still teaching (virtually), but I do have more, much-needed time in the workshop, so my projects should finally get off the ground and maybe even get finishing …

emilyshawguitar March 16, 2020 March 16, 2020 019 Classical Guitar / 024 Classical / 026 Classical
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Completed guitar no. 025

Completed guitar no. 025

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The long awaited shipping day finally came today for my 25th guitar. Generally, I think it turned out pretty well, so I thought that I would share a few pictures of the completed guitar. I learned a lot from this build, and hope to have the opportunity to build another …

emilyshawguitar February 10, 2020 February 10, 2020 025 Fleta/Torres Classical Guitar
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The end is nigh! assembly and detail work

The end is nigh! assembly and detail work

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The last time that I posted pictures of this guitar was a couple of months ago when it was still in many pieces. I have now glued most of those pieces together, with just the bridge and heel-cap left to attach. This has been a long, drawn-out and time consuming …

emilyshawguitar January 7, 2020 January 7, 2020 025 Fleta/Torres Classical Guitar
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New adjustable mould

New adjustable mould

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Since starting to build in a sturdy mould a couple years ago, I have not wanted to go back to free-form workboard building. However, I also did not want to build (nor would I have had room for) another heavy MDF guitar mould. I don’t know how many of these …

emilyshawguitar November 7, 2019 November 7, 2019 025 Fleta/Torres Classical Guitar / Tools
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Inlaying the Fleta/Torres rosette

Inlaying the Fleta/Torres rosette

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It has been a while since my last blog post! This is, of course, the first blog post on this website—my last post, and everything that I have written before can be found on my original WordPress blog here. If you have found my blog and would like to receive …

emilyshawguitar November 2, 2019 November 2, 2019 025 Fleta/Torres Classical Guitar / Guitar Building
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