Instrument details: Dave Meehan - Steel string guitar

Planing the front join on a shooting board

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Cutting purfling strips from sheet veneer

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Side thicknessing

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Pre-shaping the smaller bars before gluing the x-braces

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Gluing a back strap, or back veneer, on the headstock

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Gluing the fingerboard

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Recrowning the frets after levelling

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Polishing the lacquer finish to a hogh gloss

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Fnal stringing...

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The walnut back and sides

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The walnut back veneer

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Dave with his finished guitar

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