A Guitar Called Jack--Part 6

The top photo shows the first side that is bent over a hot pipe, and then clamped into the mold. Once in the mold, the side is reheated with a regular heat gun, and then left to cool, to refine the curve.

The middle photo shows the same process for the other side.

The bottom photo shows the first of two steps in gluing the sides to the neck block (the block of wood inside the sound box to which the neck eventually gets attached - once the finish is applied). Here the "side" of the neck block is being glued to the cutaway side of the guitar. The other guitar side is in position, but separated from the block by wax paper. Here also you can see that the horn block has been installed, reinforcing the tip of the horn of the cutaway. The outside decorative inlay doesn't get done until the sound box is completely closed up.