Master Luthier William Cumpiano

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Tutorial Contents:

Introduction  
Workshop  
Soundboard  
Back & Sides  
Neck,fingerboard  
Binding,purfling,inlay,veneer
Bridge, setup
Tools & Jigs  
Q & A  

Workshop Top of tutorial

An opening shot of my tool room: compact, minimal--the way I like it. In the foreground, I've selected the back and side sets for this tutorial. The curly koa set that Mario / JD sent on the very bottom of the shot--which will be the instrument I'll be making--and immediately above it, an Indian rosewood set for my tutorial student. I thought you might be interested to note that I purchased the Indian Rosewood sets directly from India. They arrived wrapped in plastic sheet, inside hand-stitched burlap gunny sacks.