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I recently saw pictures of an argyle acoustic guitar ("The Scotsman"), and thought that a 335-style carved body would be really cool with this pattern. Does anybody have any experience with this technique? I could probably figure out the back plate construction, but how do you do the sides? Thanks.

Welcome to the forum Gary. You should post a link or a picture so we could see one.

Googled a bit a came across this from an Australia woodworking magazine -




Is this what we’re talking about?

Or possibly this guitar by Paul Woolson:

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I'm vaguely familiar with both of those guitars.
Are you looking to do the Argyle or the Plaid "Scottsman"?

Are those all individual pieces?

They are indeed. Including the "stitching" on the argyle guitar which are .060X.060 alternating walnut/cherry pieces.

I saw this other guitar of yours at one of the first two La Conner shows. Very cool.

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That was prior to me figuring out how the heck to bend the sides with this marquetry. That was a bear! The glue has to hold under heat, but can't be so rigid that it won't bend and the pieces factette.

Would TB3 be useful?

No, it lets go at 160°. Bending happens at 310°.
Formaldehyde/urea is the only thing that I've found to work.

Thanks…