Building A Kennedy Guitar


After picking the wood the first step is joining the top and back, sanding to proper thickness, and installing the rosette.  There are fairly standard figures for thickness of tops and backs but the feel of the wood and it’s stiffness is a major factor.

Joining the back using wedges for pressure and antique irons as weight

Circle cutting jig for Porter Cable    310 Laminate Trimer

Installed Rosette with sound hole cut out

Cutting the sound hole with a drill press fly cutter at LOW RPM

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