Blues Creek Guitars - Quick Tips - How to extend a Guitar Top that is slightly too Small

What do you do when your guitar top is a little too small for your template? You can extend the top at the lower bout to make it work - John Hall, Blues Creek Guitars shares this quick tip

[@martinlouden9005]

Great tip. Thanks John.

[@NickGee1000]

Per John's suggestion, I did this last year with an Adirondack Spruce top I bought from John, to make it wide enough for my Jumbo build. Worked beautifully and I added a few cleats, just because--mostly because I needed to learn how.

[@res00xua]

Thanks!

[@LaSalle.ToneWorks]

Thank you!!

[@kwaktak]

This is a great idea! I was planning on doing a build with a cedar top but could only find sets that are not wide enough. I may just order it anyway and give this technique a try. The way I see it, if the difference is noticeable I can always route for purfling to cover it up and still have wood underneath it to keep it structurally sound.

[@bluescreekguitars3346]

this is a handy trick I have used on tops and backs

[@res00xua]

I have made some 4 piece tops in a similar fashion. Difficult to spot and making the red spruce that i bought for not much work.