The guitarmaker’s staple: a go-bar deck. #guitar #luthier

[sethwarner]

Also used in ancient Ship-building, boat building

[fredschoepke]

I just realized I won't be able to use my clamps with the radius dish I ordered for doming the top of steel string guitars. I generally use smaller work boards and clamps for nylon string guitars. In the past, I planed the arch in the X-braces and lower face braces before clamping them with flexible caul. I suppose now I must make a go bar deck.

[necrosismusik]

thats so cool, we use the same thing in germany

[maxmleblanc]

Thanks i’ll try making rustic guitars with this in mind as a tool.

[qfdnsze]

Is there some reason why you can’t just use C clamps or some other kind of Vice?