@koendb Looking like you have it under control

Posted by: @rocknroller912 Be careful when you are trimming the soundboard to the sides it can split very easily in the waist area due to splitting along the grain. I am actually doing that right no...

@boo People have had some strange ideas on building in the past. Thank goodness for modern technology. I would be interested if you have one with a back bow.

@boo Another thought. When I first started making in the 1980s I used to buy from a firm in Pennsylvania US who built a back bow in on purpose to counter string pressure. They had a jig for gluing up ...

@koendb The inside looks very clean which is impressive. Be careful when you are trimming the soundboard to the sides it can split very easily in the waist area due to splitting along the grain.

@boo I had a good think about this and waited to see if there were any good ideas from others, so here’s my input. A guitar with back bow on the neck and no truss rod is likely to have been made a lon...

@boo step one... find some tight pants/shorts to put on... step two.... muscles. 🙂

Posted by: @boo How would you go about doing the opposite thing, do you think? If the neck had a back bow? How about removing the frets and then stinging the guitar for a while, under high tension i...

@boo You can try the back bow repair method first and let us all know how it goes. ps have you got your spray painting demo ready for @tv101 when we do the video thing.

Success! No light gaping through the cracks, squeeze out all aroundAlso around the heel and tailblock. I could not completely contain the excitement this morning 🙂 Attachment : IMG_20220126_07480...

@koendb OK then good luck. I agree totally with Darren the instrument will take some time to settle down before it plays well. Are you planning to finish the neck and sound box before they are fixed t...

@koenbe, you are clearly on a roll! I bet you’re not getting much real work done! Great job and I’m sure you’ll love it when you get to string it up. Just in case it doesn’t knock your socks off from ...

@koendb beautiful work. Well done. 🙂

Sanding of the sides: done. Facets towards heel and tail: done. Kerfed lining for the back: done.Although a bit sloppy cut work there, I am afraid my notches are a bit on the big side. Here and there ...

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FYI: Fretwire is available with different tang widths - so it fits tighter or looser in the slot to allow for both forward and back bow situations like this. We used to call it 'repair wire' and it wa...

Posted by: @boo How dare you. What are you insinuating I had visions of you doing some live skin spray painting or something ... 🤣 🤣

@koendb Great work you are getting more confident I think