@nsj thanks for the tip and your kind comments. Good luck with your faux binding. I did not find it to be difficult. I used sanding sealer on the sides before staining the top right out to the edge, ...

Looks great! I'm currently having my first go a faux binding, pain in the rear lol   I like to wipe down with thinned down polyurethane first, shows all the scratches I missed. Then I'll coat wit...

Made to be a birthday gift for a family member. On one level just another bandsman and on another a build with so many first time tasks. Safe to say I learned a lot. The design considerations when c...

Dear luthiers, I am having trouble understanding a wiring diagram due to conflicting information I am getting from ChatGPT. all the info is in the zip file. I am going to use new humbuckers 58/15 LT ...

Hey Benjamin, I've not used that switch before and from the downloads I couldn't write see where you'd tried to work out the diagram. Probably me not looking properly. Personally, I wouldn't trust AI...

@liebe thx for the reply. The thing with AI. is that it swiches the wires and the connections all the time so i started to doubt. I think @somethingnicer would now the answer he makes pickups. Prs tu...

This is the switch from schaller 5 megaswitch P. The orignal inventer is eyb. Eyb megaswitch

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Hey there, I've not used a super switch like that, but if you wire it backwards it should be super obvious. In a single coil the pickups would be counter wound and counter polarity for hum bucking pur...

the messurement from my pickups/ the switch and in the wiring diagram, I tried to integrate my pickups Attachment : image.png   Attachment : image.png Attachment : image.png

the 58/158LT pickups   Attachment : image.png Attachment : image.png

@somethingnicer I think I understand. The humbuckers are covered, making the slug coil difficult to measure. Ultimately, on the bass pickup, the white wire is the +, the cloth wire with the core is th...

Find a nice video to messure your humbuckers.

Show time! oh and if you wonder: this instrument is unbelieveable light, only 600 grams   Attachment : 80FF7FC2-1E79-48D8-978B-43ADA8581D80_4_5005_c.jpeg Attachment : 0C2AC5D7-3CCC-452...

Almost there! Cleaning up the shell, oiling the fingerboard and neck,... Attachment : 35C65B77-DD29-47E4-9B9E-37A41A6D1FAD_4_5005_c.jpeg cleaning up the little ridge at the headstock Attach...

I made these little pins that will be placed at both sides of the fingerboard, around where the body meets the neck. Attachment : 3E89EC18-9F5C-45DC-8073-94355D81763C_4_5005_c.jpeg And cut out ...

The soundboard gets glued to the shell! I first start by making tiny blocks, that will help supporting the top , so the top would not fold and crack when applying masking tape with some decisive forc...

It s time to prepare the top to be glued on the body. First I position the body and mark the bracings for the cuts. The braces should really fit tightly against the side of the body.We dont use any ke...

I then shape the back of the bridge, I fold it inwards with a sharp chisel, so there is only a little 'roof'just above the string holes. This will help keeping the strings in place when we tie a knot ...

Woah! I completely forgot about this forum and the fact I did not finish my build report here.more than 1 year since an update , djeez...Well here we go starting where we left off in december 2024 &#x...