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A touch of acetone will melt the CA if heat doesn't. If you don't want to buy bigger fretwire, you can epoxy the frets in. They will need to be bent pretty close to the radius. You de-barb the tang (probably not necessary for you) and use a tooth pick to get the glue (I used a syringe) in the slot. ...

Nice, well done Bob. FB is a steep learning curve. Although once I understood you can quickly build a heavily and simply sand it flat, it became much easier.

Very well done Wayne How did you go bending the soundboard? Thinking about making that rosette shape hurts my head. I think you nailed the violin, soft burst colour.

If you haven't flush scraped your bindings, if you get some heat on that binding either with an old clothes iron (pro-tip, don't use the house iron!) or the bending iron you maybe able to clamp them into place

We've had some limited success with using veneer softener and clamping the sides with a steel plate to an external mould. It helped reduce the waves but didn't remove them

Welcome Steve. Interior looks nice and clean. Look forward to seeing it progressed/finished

Well done MAPP! No flys on you Seriously, nice. What finish did you use and do you have a close up of the rosettes?

I said, I'm not a good enough luthier to ensure you get a good sounding guitar in that style

I got approached on instagram for a custom built 12 string. In this style:

Nope its the final saddle. 11mm off the soundboard. I havent trimmed back the cheeks yet so the saddle is actually flush now but won't be when finished. This is my way of dealing with the lefty righty problem. The saddle has a bit of blackwood glued either side of it. I plane it to get a suitable b...

Ah don't you hate that. Totally been there!

Is that just a temporary saddle? It looks flush with the bridge?

Well done I agree with Col, the bridge shape is really nice and distinct

Wow that double cutaway is interesting. Is it a medical theme also?

Well done Rod! Sooo many things going on, you even forgot to mention it is a multiscale!

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Wed Jun 24, 2020 1:04 pm

Sounds creamy!
What strings have you got on there?

Cheers, Elixirs 12/53 phospher bronze

New vid if peeps are interested


youtu.be/sM9t0jLqlKU

Well that was great Sunday morning viewing. Thanks for that link Ross!

I wish that was me playing! That is the great Michael Fix.

Here is the final edit. Changed a few of the stills, slowed the pans downs. I am pretty happy. Corrected the title

youtu.be/kvYuzjcNsKA

Thanks all. I think maybe the pans are a bit quick and maybe the logo needs to be a bit higher in the corner

I have given video editing a go, mixing the audio, video, stills and titles. I would welcome any criticism, feedback or critique. Feel free to be honest about what you may dislike, I am not thin skinned. Cheers


youtu.be/I7PDLDMGOE0

I've tried a couple of ways, pined and then fretted, fretted except 2, fret first and then glue. Actually one of the ways I tried I liked the most was to glue the fretboard down, re-level the fretboard and then epoxy and clamp in debarbed frets. No hammering or pressing just pushied in

That is a lovely looking parlour

Can't agree more, how lucky do you need to be as a 9 y/o to get a handmade guitar! Really like the rosette!

I love that headstock

Hi Trent, Looks great! Can you please indicate what timbers are used on the headstock (flame maple and ?, same as forearm and belly bevels? - same as body binding?) How was the supplejack to work? I have some figured supplejack for a fretboard - looks nice, probably almost as hard as gidgee! Thanks...