Here are a few pictures from the first part of the acoustic construction class and the slope-shoulder dreadnought style acoustic guitar that I am in the process of getting ready to finish. This is a shot of shaping the top X-Braces on the guitar top:
Bent sides with kerfing, blocks, and side braces installed:
Gluing the top on:
An inside of the guitar with the top glued on showing the braces:
Gluing the neck on:
Shaping the neck:
The nearly finished guitar ready for finish sanding and fretting: