Posted by: @rocknroller912 I suggest taking it off and fixing with double sided tape to allow more flexibility. @rocknroller912 I ll have a look if I can remove it without any damage. There is a bi...

Label says it is a Pietro Tonelli and is made in Napoli presumably around 1900 Attachment : IMG-20220724-WA0001.jpg Posted by: @rocknroller912 but without a close up photo I guess that the f...

@koendb The soundboard crack might be due to the pick guard being glued on as this prevents the wood from expanding and contracting naturally. I suggest taking it off and fixing with double sided tap...

In the meantime, I figured out it could be a mandolute. scale length seems to be 13 5/8"

I did receive a number of instruments to look at, setup and restore, amongst them, this lute. The nut is broken and there is a big crack in the soundboard ,from one side, all the way to , or maybe eve...

@wayne_f These problems we give ourselves never seem so bad after a good night's sleep, you'll fix it and it'll be fine.

@robin I've compared the neck to the fretboard and the board is a bit wider. Your suggestion of blending the joint while carving sounds much better than scrapping the whole thing. After my last post I...

@jamesbisset. If it's an earworm James it a keeper. Keep scratching until you've satisfied the itch. 🎸🙏🎶🙂

Thanks Russ. Reckon it might need another verse and some lyric tweaking, but it’s turned into an an ear worm for me. I can’t get it out of my head!

Keep them coming @jamesbisset. Another sweet wee song last night. 🍷 🎶🙂🎸🙏

@wayne_f I think Mark did a video on how to route a truss rod slot after the neck has been profiled. Search through the utube videos I’m sure you will find it. You could glue a veneer shim on the sho...

After routing the profile of the neck I noticed that the truss rod slot looked a little off. The template must have been off center. Now it seems like the neck is a little too narrow at the nut end. ...

Just got done out in the workshop a couple hours ago and I've run into another problem. I might need to scrap this and start over. After routing the profile of the neck I noticed that the truss rod sl...

Okay, finally posting some progress. Even though the project is just starting I've already made a couple mistakes. Fortunately those mistakes are not difficult to work around. First, I accidentally cu...

Thank you so much for sharing here , all the music videos are amazing ...

This is My Favourite Song For This Moment..... 🥵☀️ 🎶🙂🎸🙏

This is My Favourite Song For This Moment.... 🙂🎶🙏🎸

@koendb and by the way, I forgot to mention in my reply - that’s a really nice looking, very classic Flying V, I love it!

Thanks @boo, for your many wise words 😀 It certainly is part if the fun to fix the problems that arise as well as to solve challenges - most of my challenges came from my own inadequacies wit...

@koendb doing the sums is easy enough, but i wanted a visual representation, and I hadn’t found one online. The fretfind2d one looks great though - thank you for the pointer! cheers Steve