Junior Continued

I moved on restoring Junior. I glued in the braces one by one.

When I glued in all the braces I used a plane to shape them to a triangle shape. After that the ends of the braces where shaped with a chisel.

The end result:

Then the back was rejoined we the body using the spool clamps.

In the front the plane I used. It is an almost 40 year old plane I got from my father. But it still works great and I am very happy with it. I left the clamps on overnight. This morning I removed the clamps. Junior can be stringed and played again!

Now I have to decide what cosmetic changes I want to do. At least I will add a new pickguard. I am thinking of sanding the finish off and refinish the whole guitar. The rosette is a sticker rosette. I am afraid that when I sand the guitar I will sand it of. But we'll see.