Patent ID: 8516703

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a musical instrument, comprising the steps of: a) providing a metallic back plate with a peripheral edge having an abraded region formed proximate the peripheral edge on an inside surface thereof; b) fixing a neck block and a tail piece to the inside surface of the back plate proximate the peripheral edge thereof; c) providing at least one metallic side plate with a peripheral edge having an abraded region formed proximate the peripheral edge on an inside surface thereof; e) fixing each side plate to the neck block and tail piece; f) positioning the peripheral edge of each side plate against the back plate proximate the peripheral edge of the back plate; g) fixing each side plate to the back plate at the abraded regions; h) providing a metallic top plate with a peripheral edge having an abraded region formed proximate the peripheral edge on an inside surface thereof; i) fixing the top plate to each side plate, the neck block and the tail piece at the abraded regions; and j) removing any portions of the top and bottom back plates that extend outwardly past one of the at least one side plates.