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Why is this on Mandolin Cafe?

Entirely too much work involved to not use good materials, for sure the soundboard. There’s a reason all the luthiers use spruce. I buy my maple locally, but I make one piece backs using the arch...

Anyone tried this out and how does it compare to the other Titebonds? Siminoff swears by Titebond Original and others use nothing but Hot Hide Glue. I have use Titebond Hide glue and it seems to...

Amen to that beast...slay him..

Good choice. I have three sets including Simnoff's Book for the A style and have cobbled from all three. I like Ga Luthiers although I varied from that I'm doing six and seven right now. Two at...

Stewmac has A-3 plans. Siminoff has A plans. Neither as good as Georgia Luthier plans. Hobo are pricey but probably worth it.

Siminoff book, by all means. This forum and YouTube.

Northridge shows 5.7 inch radiuss....

Thanks Peter, gonna take a while to absorb these articles....

Ah yes, but having to take the back off is traumatic...I did this on my first scratch build, shaveed the bars and it improved greatly..

thanks, this kinda parallels my experience so far...

Yeah, I'm tempted to buy the plans, but at $85 not yet bit the bullet...

With my very limited experience, the relative tuning seems to be valid....

Yes I try to go by the Siminoff dimemsions and templates.

Relative tuning? One note apart?

I’ll try the chicken bones 😊

Thanks for that. What you’re telling me is more experience helps. Yeah Siminoff has different notes in different books. Of course the goal is to predict a good sound from the parts before you put...

Ok, let’s tackle tap tuning. I tapped my little self silly with istrobesoft, clamp on tuners and several others, and I cannot hear or replicate what Siminoff says. First I neither hear nor measure...

Ok, let’s tackle tap tuning. I tapped my little self silly with istrobesoft, clamp on tuners and several others, and I cannot hear or replicate what Siminoff says. First I neither hear nor measure...

So Arches stuff is no longer available?

When I go there it says “site not available”

Ok, let’s tackle tap tuning. I tapped my little self silly with istrobesoft, clamp on tuners and several others, and I cannot hear or replicate what Siminoff says. First I neither hear nor...

Great looking. I didn’t want to tackle an F style first.

When I go there it says “site not available”

When I try to go there, it says site not available.