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Final adjustments are made to the dovetail joint. It is critical to achieve the correct angle between the body and neck. Too sharp an angle and the action will be too high. Too shallow an angle and the guitar will buzz. Incorrect angles can be corrected but they typically require either planing the fingerboard to reestablish the correct angle, or changing the dimension of the bridge, typically, lowering it. It's best to avoid both techniques and set the angle correctly. |
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| Here the neck is fitted one last time before the guitar is sprayed with its lacquer finish. |  |
| Once the guitar is finished, the frets are installed, filed and dressed. |  |
| Note the binding at the side of the fingerboard. Over years of playing, fingerboards swell and shrink at different relative humidities. The binding minimizes the effect of the ends of the frets from sticking out beyond the edge of the fingerboard in dry climates. |  |
| The machine heads are installed. |  |
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The nut adjusted. |
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| Here's a front view of a finished guitar. |  |
| Here's the view from the back. |  |