@koendb Thanks koendb - appreciate your comment 🙂

Hi Michael, are you native or blow in and, if the former, is it insensitive to ask how old you are? Cheers Darren

@darrenking I know what you mean but I think that they upper frets would still be needed purely from a cosmetic point of view. I mean, you wouldn’t want the see the last couple of inches of the fret...

Posted by: @robin reduce the number of frets on a short scale length to dispense with the useless ones that would be too close together. Hi @robin, I know what you mean but I think that they upper f...

Posted by: @michael-oconnor PS I suppose I better put a sound hole in as well lol! Depends how good you are! 🤣 🤣 🤣 Blackhill, is that Consett? Cheers Darren

@michael-oconnor that is some nice work ! welcome to this great community

@robin thanks Robin - I’m pleased with it.

@michael-oconnor Is that all inlaid veneer on your headstock, thats impressive work.

Posted by: @michael-oconnor Thanks Russ - here's my headstock veneer work Nice. 👍👌 🎸🙂🎶🙏

@russ Thanks Russ - here's my headstock veneer work Michael Attachment : image.png Attachment : image.png

These are My Favourite Song For This Moment......I couldn't separate them so here they both are....... ...... 🙏🎶🙂🎸

@michael-oconnor Welcome Michael. For me, repairing/customising is a more daunting task than building from scratch so you're a brave man to be taking on that job first. Hope all goes well. Post us som...

Hi builder buddies Novice here; I’m not building per se as yet - I’ve been given an Eko Ranger VI which I’m ‘customising.’ So far I’ve reprofiled the neck, radiuses the fretboard and refretted with Ev...

@rocknroller912 Even on a full size violin the notes are very close together higher along the fingerboard, so if the frets are closer than the width of a persons finger then it will be hard to play....

@bpower Thanks! I wanted to make something edgier that had a V-ish shape to it.

@wayne_f that's a cool design.

Decided to go with hardtail bridge again instead of the tremolo (next time). I have the plan drawn out and the body template cut. Attachment : 20220622_184451crop.jpg

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@russ They have a few utube videos and play at Civil War re enactments. Not very PC by modern standards but still good music.

Posted by: @rocknroller912 Something different Loving it. 🎶🙂🎸🙏