@tv101 Very droll! It's not so much the banging, its the driving all those little wedges in with no way of countering the force they collectively apply. I might try squishing the tang a little with a...

Just watched the Bagpress Masterclass Launch video from Mark's series - so came back for another read of this. Still in awe of the quality of the work! Now I just need to head off to make some Lutes ...

Here's a problem that I've been fretting over (boom, boom, see what I did there?) Has anyone ever resorted to simply gluing in frets? I ask because the neck of my Petite Bouche doesn't have a truss ro...

I have found that hammering in 20+ tightly fitting frets tangs can actually exert enough force to cause the neck to bend Hmmmmmm. @darrenking, as an alternative to hammering, I've got a cheapy drill ...

Thank you Russ, in retrospect it probably was a little ambitious for my third build but I've learnt a hell of a lot from it (so far)! Guitar making is a bit like a cold swimming pool. The though of ge...

@darrenking Very Impressed Darren........ although it all seems more daunting when you're just about to start out. Cheers, Russ

I have ended up shaping the first bridge by hand (small plane and then curved scraper) and, having studied the shape the cnc machining may be more complex than I at first imaged given that it seems to...

Brilliant ! The next stage is hold them down at either end and machine the diagonal radiused scoops on either side. I think the programming for this should be fairly straight forward so hopefully b...

The first stage of machining has been completed and the two halves glued together. It takes about 15 minutes to machine each half and the finished pieces have 15mm extensions on either end which provi...

Thanks Mark, Watch this space! Darren

@darrenking Most modern bridges I have seen that are of this style are not hollowed out like the one in the drawing. You could just skip it and leave it solid. If you make it from two separate pieces ...

Good looking guitar Darren!

I have been looking at the shape of the floating bridge for my Maccaferri and it really lends itself to being made in two halves (split lengthways viewed from the front) and then bonded together. I am...

Hi TV, Thanks for the appreciation and I can confirm that they sure as hell have a lot more bits!!! Just to show that I can still make dust by hand without the aid of anything CNC I decided to carve ...

Wow - thats really nice. I am always in awe of people who make acoustics. To my mind, that's *proper* woodworking skill. The accuracy and tiny tolerances that you have to work to ... that's a differ...

Thanks guys! I have often thought that the tiny sound hole on the petite bouche was a bit of a 'FU!' to Mario Maccaferri who had fallen out with, and ended his association with, the Selmer Company by ...

Amazing work - When we made ours I think we did the same thing (use a radius dish like we do on the back) - it was a few years ago! The soundboard should be flexible enough to conform to the shape.

That’s all looking very good!

Anyone old enough to remember this project? It is actually over a year since I did any work on this guitar, having stopped to think about how to shape the sides to take the pliaged soundboard. The sha...

the sawdust marks on the block were even, That's another excellent tip @rockpile99.