Though not a stranger to the world of building custom musical instruments "from scratch," I am relatively new to the custom guitar building realm. I grew up building high-end hammered dulcimer (of all...

Welcome @powerful. Enjoy the ride. There are a lot of experienced folks here who will happily help answer your questions. Watch Mark's course all the way through first. Then go back and follow it thr...

Welcome @powerful !

Thanks Tej

@powerful Welcome, there are a few people at different stages of acoustic build who I’m sure will share advice and help out if/when you need it! Enjoy!

Hi everyone. New member here from Ilkley, West Yorkshire. I intend to take out a premium membership in the next few weeks and take advantage of the Dreadnaught build course. Never built an accoustic b...

Hi @tej I got some of their Trade G clamps a few weeks ago in their sale and they are excellent quality. I would imagine that these parallel clamps will be fairly decent quality too. They are still hi...

@russ have you got any of their clamps?

Hello Peeps, Just incase anyone is interested...... 🙂🎸🙏🎶

mighty quiet in here of late!? Yes it is really quiet the last couple of weeks. I guess life is catching up again 🙂

@koendb v4 for me 😬 If you still had an asymmetrical end but took the curve from the lower wing through the neck end into the top wing I think that might look best, to me at least. So it would...

V2: Correct Bridge and angle slightly lowered into middle section Attachment : NeckTrough-2.png V3: Hump in bottom half of the body slightly removed Attachment : NeckTrough-3.png V1, V2 ...

The bridge is already decided and I have it in my drawer 🙂 I think a bridge with a separated tail piece is a stupid idea, if I were you I’d have a look in your drawer to see if you have somet...

You could always use a bridge with a separate tailpiece to occupy some of the bump? The bridge is already decided and I have it in my drawer 🙂I just need to alter the plan

@koendb You could always use a bridge with a separate tailpiece to occupy some of the bump?

Had to contemplated taking the angle from the centre line incorporating the end on the neck into it? AS a matter of fact, I did. But You do have a point though, if you look on the original drawing, t...

@koendb I think what doesn’t sit right is the curve into the flat end of the neck then the angled take off on the top wing, it doesn’t look intentional. Hard to explain where I’m coming from here. Had...

I’d make the angle the top wing comes off the bridge end of the through neck more shallow, it looks a bit harsh to me which doesn’t quite work when the other wing smoothly curves. @Tej thx for the co...

@koendb like it! A couple of points, personally I’d make the angle the top wing comes off the bridge end of the through neck more shallow, it looks a bit harsh to me which doesn’t quite work when the ...

This is what I came up with reshaping an existing plan Attachment : NeckTrough-1.png