Finished Rosettes

Index

The Unpacked Kit
Ribbon Lining
End-Piece Set
Guitar Top
Top Bracing
Guitar Back
Back Bracing
Attaching the Back
Attaching the Top
Edge Bindings
Fitting the Neck
Truss Rod
Fingerboard
Fretting
Fitting the Nut
Grain Filling
Lacquering
Attaching the Neck
Attaching the Bridge
Saddle and Nut
It's Done!

The top seams of the rosettes:

Once the rosettes are glued in place, the area around the sound hole (including the plastic rosettes strips) are scraped with a cabinet scraper to remove the excess glue. Scraping also helps to clean up the individual lines in the rosettes, as the Duco cement can cause the surface colors to bleed into each other (as you can see in the above picture).

The next step is to brace the top.