Dan's Acoustic Guitar Build Part 2/5 With Jonny Kinkead

The new guitar continues with struts, braces and soundbox, plus basic neck construction

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Dan here, hello again! Following Part 1, we’re moving on with the build as Jonny makes more sawdust while transforming the rest into a roughly guitar-shaped-object.
There are three more parts to come, but I just have to say at this point how exciting and overwhelming it is to see this master craftsman at work. It’s soooo good!

This is part two of five.
Part One: Dan's Acoustic Guitar Build Part 1/5 ...
Part Three: Dan's Acoustic Guitar Build Part 3/5 ...
Part Four: Dan's Acoustic Guitar Build Part 4/5 ...


For more on Jonny and his instruments, visit https://www.kinkadeguitars.co.uk/

Q: Why are you spelling Jonny’s name ‘Kinkead’?
A: Because that’s his name! The guitars are ‘Kinkade’, Jonny is ‘Kinkead’. He chose ‘Kinkade’ for the guitars because nobody could spell ‘Kinkead’ correctly.

Interesting bits and go-to-sections…
0:00 Marking the centre line on the back
0:50 Jonny needs new glasses
2:40 Let’s talk about struts baby
3:45 The main X-brace
10:00 Protecting the struts
12:30 Back struts
13:05 The start of the neck
14:26 Cutting out the neck on the bandsaw
16:00 Quarter-sawn grain lines
18:06 Glueing the struts on the Go-Bar press
19:15 Getting the arch on the back
20:50 Shaping the side struts
22:20 Stresses on beams
26:00 Sides assembly
27:17 Body taper
28:30 Shaping the back struts
30:25 Planing the back struts
31:25 Jonny likes a Gothic arch
37:19 The completed back
38:20 Housing the struts in the kerfing
39:50 Glueing the top struts on the Go-Bar press
47:20 The top is connected to the body
48:30 Jonny signing the guitar
49:45 Joining the back to the body
57:15 Looking inside the guitar

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