Tasks:
1. Drill holes for tuners
2. Match sides and saw off excess

3. Cut side grooves on heel
4. Plane top of heel
5. Create bottom block for joining sides

6. Dry fit sides and neck with bottom block, adjust if needed, and finally glue.

7. Shape bridge

Progress after day 5:

Tasks
1. Cut neck to thickness and width
2. Shape heel with rasp (Amazingly this week a ton of time)

Progress after day 4:

So far since my foot is still healing from the Hampi biking incident, I’ve been unable to go swimming. Because of that fact I’ve been delaying renting a scooter. You really need one to get from one beach to the other. Just to walk from Baga Creek where I’m staying to the main town takes [...]

Tasks:
1. Trim excess head veneer with microsaw
2. Cut neck to length
3. Shape head

4. Construct heel using excess wood from neck

5. Route out the groove for the rosette and chisel to the round shape

Progress after day 3 :

Tasks:
1. Plane off excess head

2. Attach rosewood veneer for head

3. Route the truss rod groove
4. Design and cut out veneer rosette (this is done with an Xacto knife)

Progress after Day2:

The guitar I decide to build is a classic Dreadknot. The woods used are Sitka Spruce for the soundboard, Indian Rosewood for the sides, back and fretboard, and finally Mahogany for the neck. Bone is used for the nut and saddle. The bridge and head piece is also made from Indian rosewood.

The raw materials [...]

The bus journey from Hampi to Goa was tough. It was a sleeper bus but there were two people to a twin size bed. I shared one with a German guy and we drank the entire way to pass the time. We arrived to the main city in Goa about 4hours late and I take [...]