Nice @rathius 🙂 You must be over the moon 😊 👍

Hah Almost same as my plans for laminated necks, except I got bubinga instead of Mahogany. My plan is to add a black dyed sycamore veneer in between...

So I am happy to announce that I passed my 'exam' yesterday and I have started building my first lute as part of module 2 of the course. This 2nd mo...

You could just make the shims yourself anyway and keep the Taylor supplied shims as a plan B ? That's what I would do 🙂

YOU are your local Koendb's authorised service center 😉

Well, I can't play very well, I 'll try to find a piece I can learn quickly and play it as soon as I can, but in the meanwhile, this is how it is supp...

@robin No you have it right! The A course is only one string called the chanterelle. It s function is melody string. Because of esthetics, the peg and...

Thanks guys! Today I was able to take some better pictures...

@russ these are actually real gut frets, the strings themselves are Nylgut , but the frets need to be real gut. I believe because nylon is too stretch...

Nice work !!

Aaaand it is ready !😊😁

Me too I am wondering this. My guess is that , if wood really wants to warp , it will warp around whatever is in the way. I also wonder if you add c...

Yeah same here, I never heard about this, but that does not mean it does not exist of course. For guitar I always use LOG anyway, so I order LOG pots ...

cool! you are now also making cool stuff out of wood , you are becoming a handyman @tv101 🤣 😉

Congratulations for you and your family @robin!

@tyreman Nice! I love how you have the neck through to show through the end section on the top. I might use that idea in one of my future builds.

@clinton I love the color scheme of those bursts! Can you tell a bit more about what you are using ( dyes and finish )?

Awesome @nsj! That neck looks soo good. I generally prefer guitars without pickguard, but looking at these pictures, I realize that, for me, a s...

Yesterday , I finished the tuning pegs by cutting them to length and adding the string hole. This is done with a little jig. Basically a block of wood...

It is either working in the shed or go to the pub and drink beer. I dont have friends so I stay in the shed 🤣