Beginning to rough out the front. Bertrand used the “carved method” for his soundboards. It is made from two wedges cut radially from the log (like slices of a cake) and jointed “bark to bark” to make the blank from which the soundboard is carved.

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Beginning to rough out the front. Bertrand used the “carved method” for his soundboards. It is made from two wedges cut radially from the log (like slices of a cake) and jointed “bark to bark” to make the blank from which the soundboard is carved.

Beginning to rough out the front. Bertrand used the “carved method” for his soundboards. It is made from two wedges cut radially from the log (like slices of a cake) and jointed “bark to bark” to make the blank from which the soundboard is carved.