So I haven't built new guitars anymore this summer, but soon, my renaissance guitar build will go in its final stages.
I did do a lot of other stuff:
- I made a shavehorse
- Fixed a broken Gibson Les Paul headstock
- I have made a mold for future dreadnought builds ( my first one will be a 12 string )
- Made a small drawer cabinet/tools chest from walnut and reclaimed pine
- Installed a mini humbucker, a strap button, some new strings and tuned up a sitar
- Some random smaller guitar repair and modifications of which I have no pictures
So I have been quite busy, but I cant wait to get back into instrument building!
@russ Thanks! It will replace my backpack I was using to drag my tools, pencils and notes back and forth from Lute building class.
A bit heavier, but nicer to open a drawer then to go looking for that ruler in my backpack 🙂
I've restrung and tuned a sitar before, that is a never ending job!
Yes indeed, and it surely does not help that you can t reach the sympathetic strings easily to stretch them , if the play strings are all mounted
@boo strings that are not played, but instead, resonate by playing the other strings, sympathetic resonance. They provide that shimmery tone in the background. In a tele or strat you might experience a bit the same if you remove the string trees on the headstock. You might hear this high pitch singing tone in the background
