Bajo Quinto: Preparing a Guitar for Replacing the Back

With the top braced and set to go, it's time to focus on the sides and replacement back.
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[@peterott7088]

Ken, it is amazing how quickly the time adds up

[@rogertinker1813]

Time well spent, thank you Ken.

[@deacondoings]

I feel like I'm watching Flash Gordon and I desperately await the next episode!😆

[@garyvosburg1819]

I am currently doing a regal parlor guitar. It has the same structural issues as your bajo. I'm at the point of gluing the back on. My regal luckily has a nice flat top.

[@paulmerojunkpileguitars]

@@garyvosburg1819 hey there. You’re deep in the playlist long before things get released ))) thanks for watching. Keep an eye on how the neck is sitting when you glue up the back.))

[@slo5283]

?! were the side Braces in the lower Bout radiused to fit the contour or left flat?!?

[@paulmerojunkpileguitars]

@@slo5283 the soundboard was steamed back to being flat. It was reinforced with 1/16 inch mahogany. The fan bracing was slotted to fit the bridge plate. The details are in the bracing episode.

[@slo5283]

@paulmerojunkpileguitars I saw those Episodes too, but the Braces running 'Top to Back' -- the lower Bout has some curve there ☮️

[@paulmerojunkpileguitars]

@@slo5283 light sanding both sides on a belt

[@slo5283]

@paulmerojunkpileguitars ah; just knock it off ☮️

[@paulmerojunkpileguitars]

@ I get it that the sides have a curve to them so that would mean that the braces have to have a curve to them so they would be concave slightly. The answer is yes round them off on the belt sander on each side be done.