The Making of Paul Clark's Guitar

Paul Clark stopped out at our shop in August and we began a great new friendship. Please visit Pauls website. www.paulclarkmusic.com He is a great singer/songwriter and ambassador for Jesus and has written over 500 songs.My first date with my wife, Katie, was at a Paul Clark concert over 25 years ago. It was a real blessing to meet him all these years later.

 

 Pauls first visit to our shop

 We Picked out the Cocobolo Back & Sides

Bending the Grand Concert Cutaway Side

 

 

 

 
Gluing Necks  Gluing Lining Gluing the Back Joint  Average 20 gpi Top

 

 

 

 

 Boxwood Tail Inlay

 Scraping the back for smoothness and thickness

 Gluing the back braces in the vacuum press

 Jointing the neck blanks

 

Eddie, the shop dog (and foreman) Binding the peghead with boxwood and abalone  Boxwood inlay and binding Beginning the rosette inlay process

The top is glued on
Stamping the serial number
The Crown of Thorns rosette design by my good friend David VanDelinder
Gluing the back on

 

 

 
Last binding section is glued
Shaving the top binding
Installing the abalone purfling
Gluing the neck on

 

 

 
Gluing on the Fingerboard
Final shaping of the neck
routing for FB inlay
Fingerboard inlay

 

 

It Is Finished

 The Finished Guitar

 The Finished Guitar

 The Finished Guitar

Finished guitar views

 

 

 

 Phil Keaggy and Paul Clark

 Playing in the snow!

 Think he likes it??