Sounds like your iron may not be hot enough. Water should bounce off, not simmer off. Use a strap. Wet the side going against the iron. Use a fluid back and forth motion as you bend the ribs.
Sounds like your iron may not be hot enough. Water should bounce off, not simmer off. Use a strap. Wet the side going against the iron. Use a fluid back and forth motion as you bend the ribs.
You may indeed be in the wrong line of work. There’s nothing I’d rather be doing! There are several paths you can take. None of them are part-time. Meet us back here in 10 years, when you start going...
Different luthiers have different costs and abilities and will have different rates. My rates are 2/3 what they were when I was in NYC. You can always shop around and get different estimates but keep...
I would play around with strings. Without having the instrument in hand it’s hard to make recommendations. From my experience instruments are overdriven more often than underdriven when someone’s...