Currently in the shop, I am waiting for a shipment of larger stock Honduran Mahogany to mill out neck and end blocks for the new builds. While this is happening, I’ve taken advantage of the lull to mill out mahogany lining strips. The guitars at Steblein Guitars all use mahogany solid linings instead of kerfed linings that are seen in many guitars. I have found that they provide a sturdier body and also find them a bit more aesthetically pleasing in the final output.

What I do is rip down a lining depth strip of mahogany from a large 8/4 stock I have on hand. From that strip, I mill out ~1/8th inch linings on the bandsaw which serve as the lining stock. I pre-bend these by spritzing them with water and bending with the bending iron to the correct shape and them clamp them to the body to cool. Each end product lining will be a lamination of two of these preformed strips glued to the body. Before glueing to the body, I sand the outer edges and put a slight rounding to the corner facing outward in the guitar for aesthetics.