Tasks:
1. Shape the round curve of the neck with a rasp then sand paper

2. Microsaw frets
3. Hammer in frets
4. File and sand fret ends to length

Progress after day 12:

Today after working on the guitar I jump on my bike and head into Calangute to run some errands. On the only intersection that I pass a group of kids covered from head to toe in multi-color powder pants blindsides me with handfuls of color power thrown at me. I quickly become the canvas in [...]

Tasks:
1. Sand the purfing until flush

2. Saw fretboard

3. Saw head veneer to fit trussrod
4. Insert trussrod
5. Dry fit fretboard and then glue on to neck

Progress after day 11:

Tasks:
1. Saw off and then sand off excess soundboard and back
2. Route out a groove for the purfing on the edges

3. Bend purfing on heated pipe and glue on
Progress after day 10:

Tasks:
1. Chisel and sand out the braces for back
2. Glue in the bracing pattern

3. Chisel the braces to an arc

4. Clean inside the guitar

5. Glue on back
Progress after day 9:

Tasks:
1. Shape the back
2. Glue in tail veneer for the side joint and sand

3. Glue braces for saddle

4. Chisel the braces to an arc

5. Glue on soundboard

6. Route out the shape of the back

Progress after day 8:

Tasks
1. Join Indian Rosewood backs together
2. Route sound hole and shape of the soundboard

3. Chisel and sand out the braces for the soundboard (This creates the slight upward bend in the soundboard as well as gives the guitar is tone).

4. Glue in the bracing pattern

5. Chisel out the groove at the bottom of the side joint

Progress after day 7:

Tasks:
1. Plane off excess material to level off both the sides
2. Glue of knerfing (the wood material that gives strength to the sides as well as a shelf to glue on top and bottoms pieces.

3. Shape fretboard:

Progress after day 6: