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Acoustic Guitar Construction

What can you do to improve your joy in wood working? TEACH wood working. Scott got his desire to teach from his father. "Dad was a master teacher, he found ways to make the complex become simple."

Most of my students at the college don't have any prior wood working experience. It brings a smile to my face when a student come up to you and says, "Can you believe I am building my own guitar?"

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Scott Stanley with his teaching partner, Sid Nixon have moved the Acoustic Guitar Construction class at Salt Lake Community College to a whole new level.

Acoustic Guitar Bending Jig

With this bending jig, we can bend traditional shapes as well as cut aways.

Acoustic Guitar Body Mold

This is a re-designed guitar mold.

Side View - Acoustic Guitar Mold

Updated design keep exact shape and cuts down on build time.

New Mold Design

Light weight and sturdy

SLCC Student

This student has finished his rosette inlay on his sound board.

SLCC Students

Gluing end block. This was the old way we did it, now we have re-engineered the process for better results.

SLCC Woodshop

We have a beautiful woodshop at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC)

Neck Mortise & Tenon Jig

New mortise & tenon jig. With this jig, we can get the exact angle of the neck to the body of the guitar.

SLCC Student

Using radius dish to refine the curve on back bracing.

SLCC Student

Ready to set bridge. (D-18)

SLCC Student

Showing off custom engraving. (D-18)

SLCC Student

Ready to string. (Small Jumbo)

SLCC Student Guitar

Ready to install truss rod and glue fret board. (D-18)

SLCC Student Project

Classical style head stock on a laminated neck.

SLCC Student

Flat scraping acoustic guitar sides @ bindings. (D-18)

SLCC Student

Very creative student showing off her artistic skills.

SLCC Student

Scraping acoustic guitar sides getting ready to router mortise for neck. Love the laser ingrave and aged sides.

New Acoustic Guitar Mold

With this new mold design, we can bend sides and glue head and tail blocks in the same night.

SLCC - New Templates

Created new templates to ensure each students guitar would be structuraly sound.

SLCC Student

Shy student showing off a beautiful rosette. (Small Jumbo)

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