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Showcase Acoustic πRuss' Parlour NΒ°2π Share: Notifications Clear all πRuss' Parlour NΒ°2π Page 8 / 9 Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next Acoustic Last Post by Russ 2 years ago 169 Posts 11 Users 835 Reactions 6,162 Views RSS Dan Hawkes (@liebe) Reputable Member Customer Rep Points: 718 Joined: 2 years ago Posts: 162 28/08/2023 6:41 am Lovely work! tv1, Koendb, Boo and 3 people reacted ReplyQuote Russ (@russ) Illustrious Member Customer Rep Points: 29330 Joined: 5 years ago Posts: 2558 Topic starter 30/08/2023 2:08 pm Not a bit of fret leveling and crowning Then a wee bit of polishing up. 🎸🎶🙏🙂 ποΈ "Life's what you make it"ποΈ tv1, swepri, NSJ and 4 people reacted ReplyQuote Russ (@russ) Illustrious Member Customer Rep Points: 29330 Joined: 5 years ago Posts: 2558 Topic starter 30/08/2023 2:10 pm Then a bit of final sanding. ....and adding some finishing oil. 🙂🙏🎶🎸 ποΈ "Life's what you make it"ποΈ tv1, swepri, NSJ and 4 people reacted ReplyQuote Russ (@russ) Illustrious Member Customer Rep Points: 29330 Joined: 5 years ago Posts: 2558 Topic starter 30/08/2023 2:16 pm Almost there.... just making a nut and saddle..... first get the blank to roughly the size and squared... Then start getting into shape 🎸🎶🙏🙂 ποΈ "Life's what you make it"ποΈ tv1, swepri, NSJ and 4 people reacted ReplyQuote Russ (@russ) Illustrious Member Customer Rep Points: 29330 Joined: 5 years ago Posts: 2558 Topic starter 30/08/2023 2:18 pm Next getting it to the right height and curving over the top..... 🙂🙏🎶🎸 ποΈ "Life's what you make it"ποΈ swepri, NSJ, Robin and 2 people reacted ReplyQuote Russ (@russ) Illustrious Member Customer Rep Points: 29330 Joined: 5 years ago Posts: 2558 Topic starter 30/08/2023 2:20 pm Take it back out and mark out and carve out the grooves for the strings 🎸🎶🙏🙂 ποΈ "Life's what you make it"ποΈ tv1, swepri, NSJ and 4 people reacted ReplyQuote Russ (@russ) Illustrious Member Customer Rep Points: 29330 Joined: 5 years ago Posts: 2558 Topic starter 30/08/2023 2:25 pm Next, the saddle. Again squaring up the blankΒ Then keep sanding and refining until it fits the saddle slot. 🙂🙏🎶🎸 Β ποΈ "Life's what you make it"ποΈ tv1, swepri, NSJ and 4 people reacted ReplyQuote Russ (@russ) Illustrious Member Customer Rep Points: 29330 Joined: 5 years ago Posts: 2558 Topic starter 30/08/2023 2:26 pm Nice fit 🎸🎶🙏🙂 ποΈ "Life's what you make it"ποΈ tv1, swepri, NSJ and 4 people reacted ReplyQuote Russ (@russ) Illustrious Member Customer Rep Points: 29330 Joined: 5 years ago Posts: 2558 Topic starter 30/08/2023 2:29 pm Then preparing the bridge pin holes for the strings using a reamer. Then file a wee groove into the front of each hole 🙂🙏🎶🎸 ποΈ "Life's what you make it"ποΈ tv1, swepri, NSJ and 4 people reacted ReplyQuote Russ (@russ) Illustrious Member Customer Rep Points: 29330 Joined: 5 years ago Posts: 2558 Topic starter 30/08/2023 2:32 pm Then I made a wee truss rod cover.... shaped the same as the headstock. 🎸🎶🙏🙂 ποΈ "Life's what you make it"ποΈ tv1, swepri, NSJ and 4 people reacted ReplyQuote Boo (@boo) Illustrious Member Rep Points: 35195 Joined: 6 years ago Posts: 3873 30/08/2023 2:47 pm @russ Fantastic work Russ, Iβm loving it. 😍🥇🏆 Make guitars, not war πβοΈπΈ tv1, swepri, Robin and 2 people reacted ReplyQuote Russ (@russ) Illustrious Member Customer Rep Points: 29330 Joined: 5 years ago Posts: 2558 Topic starter 30/08/2023 7:35 pm Posted by: @boo ↑ @russ Fantastic work Russ, Iβm lovin Cheers @boo. I'll post pictures of it all strung up soon.Β 🙂🎶🎸🙏 Β ποΈ "Life's what you make it"ποΈ tv1, swepri, Robin and 1 people reacted ReplyQuote Boo (@boo) Illustrious Member Rep Points: 35195 Joined: 6 years ago Posts: 3873 30/08/2023 7:54 pm @russ Thatβs what my S&M mistress, I mean my wife, keeps threatening me with if I donβt stop spending so much money on guitar building stuff! 🤘😝🤘 Make guitars, not war πβοΈπΈ tv1, swepri, Russ and 1 people reacted ReplyQuote Russ (@russ) Illustrious Member Customer Rep Points: 29330 Joined: 5 years ago Posts: 2558 Topic starter 31/08/2023 8:15 pm Almost forgot to do the dot markers. 😬Β .... only put side dots in...... 🎸🙂🎶🙏 ποΈ "Life's what you make it"ποΈ NSJ, tv1, swepri and 3 people reacted ReplyQuote Russ (@russ) Illustrious Member Customer Rep Points: 29330 Joined: 5 years ago Posts: 2558 Topic starter 31/08/2023 8:24 pm All strung up........not a bad wee job......a great learning experience. .....and it does play nicely. 😁Β 🙏🎶🙂🎸 Β ποΈ "Life's what you make it"ποΈ NSJ, tv1, swepri and 3 people reacted ReplyQuote Robin (@robin) Illustrious Member Customer Rep Points: 17150 Joined: 5 years ago Posts: 1087 01/09/2023 9:46 am @russΒ Its looking great Russ. tv1, Russ, swepri and 1 people reacted ReplyQuote Boo (@boo) Illustrious Member Rep Points: 35195 Joined: 6 years ago Posts: 3873 01/09/2023 10:34 am Superb Russ, very nice work. 🤘 Make guitars, not war πβοΈπΈ tv1, Russ, Robin and 1 people reacted ReplyQuote swepri (@swepri) Honorable Member Customer Rep Points: 2556 Joined: 3 years ago Posts: 216 01/09/2023 1:26 pm @russ Turned out very nice. Thank you for a great build documentation. tv1, Boo, Russ and 1 people reacted ReplyQuote Russ (@russ) Illustrious Member Customer Rep Points: 29330 Joined: 5 years ago Posts: 2558 Topic starter 01/09/2023 2:10 pm Posted by: @robin ↑ @russΒ Its looking great Russ. Cheers @robin.Β 🙂🎶🙏🎸 Β ποΈ "Life's what you make it"ποΈ tv1, Robin, swepri and 1 people reacted ReplyQuote Russ (@russ) Illustrious Member Customer Rep Points: 29330 Joined: 5 years ago Posts: 2558 Topic starter 01/09/2023 2:11 pm Posted by: @boo ↑ Superb Russ, very nice work. 🤘 Cheers @boo. 🎸🙏🎶🙂 ποΈ "Life's what you make it"ποΈ tv1, Robin, swepri and 1 people reacted ReplyQuote Page 8 / 9 Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next Share: