Six-year Guild member Bob Deacon has been working wood for thirty years. As a young classical guitarist he discovered Irving Sloane’s book and decided to have a go at building a classical guitar. The guitar turned out to be successful, and the process proved addictive.
▪ bio current as of 2004
2004
AL#78 p.62 BRB7 p.172
Robert Deacon
▪ Using templates to slot a fingerboard is the way to go, whether you use a miter box or a table saw. The author doesn’t mention it, but his templates should work as well for table saw people as for the miter box folks. Of course, this is for making templates for scale lengths not offered by the manufacturer of the templates. With 2 photos and 3 diagrams.