Welcome to the Website of
Seattle, Washington, Luthier
Ethan Deutsch
Please
see the new page -- Currently
On Hand -- which lists guitars available right now.
Below are some photos of a guitar in progress in my workshop.
The rosette was assembled
directly in the soundboard. The bridge was roughed out. Then the
soundboard was
thicknessed--different areas of it are different thicknesses. After
thicknessing, the soundboard was braced in such a way that it became
domed. The neck was constructed and attached to the soundboard,
which was held in a form. The sides were bent wet on a heated
bending iron and then clamped to forms while drying. Kerfed lining was
glued to the sides for attachment of the soundboard; solid lining was
bent the way the sides were and glued to the back edges of the
sides. The back was braced and, after careful adjusting of the
edges of the sides so the back would be properly domed, the back was
glued on.
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