Instrument details: Laura Van Solinge - Arch top guitar

Gluing the wedges from which the front will be carved

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Once cut to shape the outside is carved, with final adjustments made with a scraper

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The inside is then hollowed with the majority removed with a sharp gouge

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The f holes are then sawn out and cleaned with a knife

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Meanwhile, Laura has started work on a classical guitar alongside the arch top

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Laura has chosen to bind the soundholes with walnut

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Gluing the x-braces

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An internal block reinforces the join in a Florentine cutaway

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Gluing the dovetailed neck

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Meanwhile the classical guitar continues by cutting the slots in the headstock

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After finishing the guitar is reassembled and tested

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Laura's finished guitar

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The back of the guitar showing the walnut binding continuing around the integral heel cap

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A close-up showing Laura's original f-hole design

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The side view with soundport

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