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Our sold-out workshop had interested participants buzzing with enthusiasm. I had a great group this month; everyone was active and eager to get their hands dirty.

So, I decided we'd take a closer look at one of our best-selling models, The Royal. This guitar...(decribe)...Sculpturally, the body shape... Choosing which wood to work with can be challegning. For this partiucalar class, I chose Limba. Or, you could always choose to run with a laminate casing.

Designing and building the guitar will give you a better understanding of how the guitar works. You'll find that you become a better musician after sculpting this work of art.

Routing From Limba

• Light weight
• Manageability
• Oil finishes
• Sonic properties

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Flat Sanding and Buffing

I'm lucky enough to work with Enfield's premiere tools on a daily basis, and, let me tell you, the right tools are key. You really can't find this quality of machinery anywhere else. My students got our pieces sanded and buffed, and it was time to plane the soundboard edge. Next, we scraped the soundboard edge, leveling everything off for the finish application later on.

We did our final soundboard bracing using a premade AutoCAD layout I created in prepping for this class. You have to pay close attention to symmetry during this phase. Then, we move on to the carving and shaping. The guitar really starts coming together here, and you can really get a good feel of how it will turn out in the end, although it's still in a very raw form.

Finally, we got the headblock and tailblock ready to go -- you have to take great care in making sure the headblock is lower than the tailblock. We installed the sides and joined the back plate, and suddenly realized time had gotten away from us. We made a lot of progress this round. I can't wait to see everyone again next time!