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The simple tools of an extraordinary luthier
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Zalapa's workbench
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Divining the sound quality of the wood for a guitar top
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Zalapa carves a neck with a simple homemade knife
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Preparing to attach the sides to the top
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Filing the frets
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Preparing to join the sides and back
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Wrapping the guitar to attach the back
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Setting the saddle for the strings
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Installing a set of Gilbert tuning machines
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Attaching the Gilbert Tuning Machines
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A beautiful new cedar-top Master Guitar receives its first set of strings
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A beautiful cedar-top Master Guitar makes music for the first time
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A new spruce-top Master Guitar makes beautiful music for the first time
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A Zalapa home-made luthier knife
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