phavriluk wrote:
I did one arm bevel just because I wanted to do at least one. It added 50 percent to the fabrication work on the body. Looks nice, feels nice, one-and-done.
I did one only as well using Tony Karol's tutorial. On his, the binding and purfling are only on the top of the guitar and not on the lower part of the bevel as shown in the link. I believe the original Laskin style has binding and purfling on both the top and bottom of the bevel. I found Tony's relatively simple to do with a plexi router template and using the same wood for the bevel as used for the side wood (in my case mahogany) and so did not do any veneer work. In hindsight, I should have made it a little longer. It was a good learning experience and I would do a couple of things differently. Sorry for the picture quality. Phone cameras weren't so good back when I built this one.
I've done two so far, one without side purfling and one with. I construct the box as normal aside from using extra large dentellones in the bevel area. It's only after cutting the binding/purfling channels that I start removing material for the bevel.