Sure, I don’t mind. My sad attempt to do inlay, it’s recon stone. I think one of the prettiest part of the guitar is the fretboard. The nut and saddle are black buffalo horn.
My sister wants me to...
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Sure, I don’t mind. My sad attempt to do inlay, it’s recon stone. I think one of the prettiest part of the guitar is the fretboard. The nut and saddle are black buffalo horn.
My sister wants me to...
Oh yes! And I suppose not many 17 years olds get the privilege to build one either.
I finally finished my 1st guitar, definitely a big learning process. I started it end of March, and finished Jan. 18th. It has a cedar top, sapele back and sides, spanish cedar neck, and maple...
Here are some pictures of the neck.
I got pictures of pretty much every step, so I can go back later and see all the things I messed up on;)
This is what the bracing looks like, I did more than what the plans said to.
I think lengthening the scale seems the most practical to me, mainly because I already carved the heel down close to...
I did a dovetail, and in order to do as you suggested I would have a remove the truss rod.
A picture of the guitar and my messy work area?
I marked on the top of the guitar where the backing plate is, and unfortunately to keep the scale at 25.5” the bridge will be on the very edge.
The...
I haven’t cut in the slots yet. I’m not sure how much the bridge can be moved back, I’ll have to check exactly where the backing plate is. I’m doing a 16” radius.
The guitar I’m building is a OM,...
I am building my first instrument, a guitar. I have to say it hasn’t be going all that bad, sometimes I do wish I’d never started, and this time is no exception. So, I bought a neck that was a little...
Thank you all, for all the great advice. I will be gone all of this week, so will tackle it again next week. I am going to get some mahogany to practice on, so I don’t mess up another side.
I won’t...
Sapele, and 5/64” thick
I was going to attempt to bend the sides for the guitar I am building. I heated the pipe to 400 degrees, had the wood soaking for 4 hours. It bent to a certain amount, and then broke. I tried in...
I’ll just assume it was made in 2018. If the guitar I’m building comes apart, then I’ll know it wasn’t.
The code on the bottle I got is A809130010. Does this mean it was made in 2008?
Well, the Shawnee Creek is made in the US, the Eastmans aren’t. I have played a 515, they are nice, and you probably wouldn’t go wrong with one. Where do you live? Is this going to be your first...
I really like mine, it’s sturdy, and has a lot volume. There’s been times when I catch myself picking my other mandolin harder, but it doesn’t work like that
I went to the builder’s home, to try...
It didn’t really look like oak bark to me, but the bark came off when I ran it through the drum sander, and I didn’t keep it.
There was a little bark on it before I run it through the drum sander. Here another piece of wood for the same tree, I haven’t sanded it yet.
I had a friend that gave me this piece of wood, he told me it was oak. It’s has really nice figure to it, which makes me want to use it as a head plate.
Want do you all think? Oak?
You could try a Soliver armrest. He made me a custom one, and I really like it!
I know this is kind of off the subject, but what kind of airplanes did you build?
Thank you! But I would have been lost, if not for all the excellent help!
I already glued it. There was no way I could put glue in from the inside, because a tone bar was planted right in the way. Daddy insisted that I remove some of the binding from under the neck, I’m...
So I will have to take the top off?
I clamped the dobro to a bench, and did just what you said. There is a gap between the block and the back. Now what?