While that was in the deck, I decided I'd start preparations for bindings. I needed to glue my BWB side purflings to the curly koa binding I'm using on this guitar. I found an easy way to do that was with Titebond II and the same stationery clips I use to clamp kerfings:
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When that was done, I waited a while, and after a few hours, removed the soundbox from the go-bar deck. Here are a few shots of my untrimmed soundbox. I just love this part!!!! I always love that first thumping on the soundbox!!! It has a really, really nice, resonant thump to it!!! I can't wait to hear what this guitar is going to sound like when it's all strung up....
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Well, I have to quit for today....it feels kind of anticlimactic for me to do any more work on this guitar today, after the excitement and relief of completing the soundbox. I feel spent. Tomorrow I will start fresh and trim the overhang of the top and back. Then it will be time for the next, even more nerve-wracking step for me....the binding. I'm not that great with fitting wood bindings yet, so it makes me nervous, especially with this sharp cutaway horn. (On my previous cutaway, I had used plastic bindings.) Wish me luck.
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