Marshwood Acoustic, Chapter 1, The Sides

Traditionally, many acoustic guitars have a feature called an "end-wedge" at the butt-end of the instrument. This also is practical because it is difficult and time consuming to get a very clean butt-joint with the guitar sides. A butt-joint is when two pieces of wood create a perfect seam when joined together end-to-end. An end-wedge good alternative to the butt-joint. Plus it can add an accent to your piece. I have made this one out of a scrap piece of rosewood. Basically, the wedge was made, the shape was traced onto the guitar, the side wood was cut, then the wedge was glued in and sanded flush. This process sounds easy but it took a couple hours. This chapter is about finished. The sides are have the correct radius, the kerfing is in, the braces and end-wedge are also in. Time to work on the back.