I started working on #17 (16 is a parallel project tackled in lunch breaks). Bouchet bracing, fine WRC top (my first cedar guitar), Indian rosewood back, sides, headplate and bridge, cedrella neck, ebony fingerboard. I am also switching to a slightly enlarged plantilla so I am very curious about the end result.
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- Headstock roughly carved, the cedar top behind
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- First rosette log, sawing the cauls off
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- Both center logs are done and dry, ready to clean and slice them.
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- Leveling the mosaic
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- Inner circle glued and leveled
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- All in and planed, next is to scrape it and then thin and tune the plate.
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- carving the heel
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- carving the heel 2
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- bracing done
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- Ready for assembly, final carving after the FB is glued.
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- started bending the sides
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- a mug of coffee later
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- Assembled
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- a taste of the final color
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- Binding
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- Ebony binding
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- back binding done
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- Cutting for the top purfling
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- First top purfling glued
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- Planing down the binding and purfling
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- African blackwood fingerboard in place
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- the saddle slot and tieblock are accurately cut using a fret saw
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- Gluing the bridge
Alexandru Marian Spanish Guitars 
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Mai vrem poze şi de la proiectul 16, dacă se poate.
poze si la 16. is a must!
Pun si la 16 cand o sa incep sa lucrez. Asa ca idee, o sa fie cedru ciocolata cu spate de Bois de rose, baraj poate Romanillos.
Keep posting alex, I started a cedar top myself. but with wengue for back and sides.
which bracing are you using this time?
Bruno
This one is Bouchet, actually I will build 4 Bocuhet/cedars in a row.
nice.
is that the 5 fan brace and transverse bar under bridge?
I think im going to stick with the Hauser/torres style for now, untill I can get the hang of it and learn some more facts.
That is the one. So far I built exactly half Torres half Bouchet, and future orders are more Bouchets. I like them equally, about same volume but there are differences in tone and sustain.
Spor la lucru Alex! Te susţinem din penumbră!