Hey @russ, thanks for asking. A bit slow at the moment. I couldn’t be bothered to do anything yesterday so I kind of sat on the sofa. The whole day. It was pretty nice actually! But today I ordered th...

Get something like this and solder a wire to it and heatshrink the connection. Then screw it into the (already shielded) cavity, cover that connection with shielding paint and solder the wire to groun...

A wee trip to the dump @boo. It looks like someone has already done a trip *from* the dump to Boo's workshop ... 🤣 🤣

How's your new workspace coming on @mattbeels? 🎶🙂🙏🎸

@rocknroller912 @boo Daaaaaamn, you guys have got your spring cleaning all lined up I see! Woo hoo hoo, have fun!!!

Erm........ No, my camera broke 😉 Oh. I understand @boo. Hopefully the camera will be working again over the next few weeks. 😆😉 🙏🎸🎶🙂

That’s awesome @clinton! Happy family, happy guitar maker, great job dude!

I'll be careful @boo. 😁 😂 🎸🙏🙂🎶

@mattbeels Getting volume from an acoustic arch top is tricky it’s all in the arching and tone bars, as Marks says it’s a totally different construction method to flat tops. I like gypsy jazz but not ...

See ya at the workshop I'll be there @Deej. Archtop .... 335 .... acoustic .... *all* the courses ....

See ya at the workshop @TV101

My advice for what it’s worth is not to make one unless that’s the style someone wants to play, or unless a pick up is being added to give volume. @rocknroller912 That’s kind of a funny statement, I...

I love the style - shape, curves, etc - from an art/design perspective. But I'm not so sure that I'd ever play one, ie whether the sounds and feel would work for me. Still tempted to build something l...

There’s the weekend taken up...! @deej Agreed!

@peebee There’s the weekend taken up...!

After thought - Mark’s design course would be great for adapting a design to give wider string spacing.

@peebee Thanks for posting the link. Second arch top is on my list of jobs (the list of 1000 jobs). My first effort was a practice using wood from the local wood yard so planning to use some very old ...

Thanks @peebee, as if I didn’t have enough to watch already! 😆

Beautiful @peebee. I can only dream...........for now. 😁 🙏🎸🙂🎶

I'm sure many of you have seen this channel, but it seems fairly recent and looks to be a pretty in depth look at building an archtop guitar from Ken Parker, for this that haven't here's a link.