How to bend acoustic guitar sides. Part 5

This video is the fifth part of a mini-series from our workshop on how to make a custom acoustic guitar side bender. In this video, we're going to use our bender to make the guitar sides.

Part 1:    • How to make an acoustic guitar side b...  
Part 2:    • How to make an acoustic guitar side b...  
Part 3:    • How to make an acoustic guitar side b...  
Part 4:    • How to make an acoustic guitar side b...  

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00:00 Intro
00:06 Guitar sides blank preparation
00:16 Slicing the guitar sides
00:46 Reducing the thickness of the sides
01:08 Preparing the side for bending
02:05 Placing the side into the heating element
02:46 Placing the heating element inside of the mould
04:27 Turning the heating element on
04:43 Starting to bend the guitar side
05:11 Bend the guitar lower bout
06:20 Bending the guitar upper bout
07:12 Bending the guitar waist
07:53 Take the side out of mould
08:57 Checking the surface
09:16 The guitar sides are ready
09:25 Place the sides into the solera