[RWK Electric Guitars]

See my other project
Double-Cutaway Project
Single-Cutaway Project
20th Anniversary Project
Project - Early 2016
Reflections - Making two guitars at the same time. One maple with cherry filling and the other cherry with maple filling. Let's see where it goes....
Padauk - This looked like interesting wood, so I thought I'd give it a try.
Poplar Planks - I made this guitar out of 1/2" by 4" poplar planks which I originally bought for another project. I layered and staggered them to build up the structure. I also made the fretboard out of poplar. Sorry, I only took 1 WIP picture


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Photo journal of my Stripes - I am doing multiple layers of maple and walnut, offset at every level. Man! That was a lot of glue.

Glued-up pattern - top view
Glued-up pattern - top view


Glued-up pattern - end view
Glued-up pattern - end view


Strips glued up
Strips glued up


Cut and glued
Cut and glued


Cut and glued


Cut wood ends
Cut wood ends


All strips glued
All strips glued


Starting the layers
Starting the layers


Starting the layers


At-be a lot o' plaining
At-be a lot o' plaining


Main gluing done
Main gluing done


Main gluing done


Truss rod cavity
Truss rod cavity


Trim it down
Trim it down


Trim it down


Trim it down
Trim it down


Shaped neck
Shaped neck


Body and Wings
Shaped neck


Treble side view
Treble side view


Body shaped and fretboard
Body shaped and fretboard


Body bottom and neck shaped
Body bottom and neck shaped


Ready for Finish
Ready for Finish


Done! Headstock - front
Done! Headstock - front


Headstock - Back
Headstock - Back


Neck and fret markers
Neck and fret markers


Back - Body
Back - Body


Bottom and back
Bottom and back


Bass bout
Bass bout


Neck - Back
Neck - Back


Back - Full
Back - Full


Front - Body
Front - Body


Front - Full
Front - Full

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RWK Guitars
Highland Park, Il 60035

Here is some music