Road Trip Acoustic Lapslide Guitar - "Red Kite"

The brace behind the bridge-plate is then glued on:



Then the spruce X brace cap is glued on using hot hide glue:



Then the tone bars are glued on:





The finger braces are then glued on:





The braces are carved and the top “voiced”. Then the top is signed and dated:



Here’s the “voiced” top:

Thanks Leo.

The Claro Walnut back strips are glued in using hot hide glue:



The linings are notched to accept the brace ends and the top is glued to the rim-set using fish glue:



The hollow arm section of the top is then glued on using fish glue – the join will be underneath the fretboard:

Thanks Colin.

The Macassar Ebony bindings have the black/ pear/ black side purflings glued on using fish glue and are then taped together:



They are then bent in the Fox-style bender to get the waist and lower bout shape – the upper bout shape is bent by hand on the hot-pipe:



The top binding channels are cut using the binding jig to the depth of the bindings plus side purflings. The channels are stopped just short of the end-graft. Purfling pieces are stuck using double-sided tape over the end-graft. The binding channel is then cut over the end graft with the jig riding on these so that the depth cut is just that of the binding. The end graft side purflings can then be mitred using a chisel:



This process is repeated for the back:



The top purfling channels are then cut:



The black/ pear / black top purflings are glued in using fish glue:



The top bindings and black/ pear / black side purflings are glued in using fish glue:

Looking very nice indeed DW!

The Macassar Ebony bridge blank is sanded on the top to match the top’s curvature:



The bridge slot is then routed using this jig:





The rear of the bridge is ramped and the bridge-pin holes drilled:



The bridge-pin holes are then counter-sunk:



The rest of the bridge is then shaped and the bone saddle fitted:



The bridge is carefully positioned on the top and the outer two bridge-pin holes are drilled through:





Here’s the bridge on the top:

It is indeed Leo

The back and sides are then pore filled using egg white – 240 grit sandpaper is dipped into the egg white and sanded on the back and sides to make a wood slurry that is pushed into the pores. The egg white acts as a binding agent and the pores are effectively filled by the same wood dust:



A 12mm hole is then drilled for the pickup end-jack - more about the pickup later:



Then the pre-catalysed lacquer coats are sprayed:

Soundhole and soundport cut-outs do come in handy don't they Dave!

Colin