A Guitar Called Jack--Part 8

Here Gerry has installed the side braces. These are quarter-cut spruce, as are all the braces (light and strong). These side braces not only prevent damage to the side of the guitar and keep the sides straight, they also couple the soundboard to the back of the guitar, not unlike how a soundpost couples the two plates on a violin. Note also that the cutaway horn block has now been shaped - removing much of its mass.

 Gerry has now installed the kerfed linings on the soundboard edge of the sides as well as the armrest block (both cherry) and sanded the soundboard edge of the sides in the 25 foot radius sanding dish. Because the soundboard was also braced in the same dish, the sides will now match up perfectly to the soundboard dome.