One of our members Matthew pm'd me today asking about the curved chisel I use for carving the braces: (edit) - we now got Curved Guitar Makers Chisels in Stock! Attachment : GUITAR MAKERS CURVED C...

I'm always here folks....lurking....watching....waiting....

I am contemplating acoustic instrument finish with OSMO polyx raw. Does anyone have experience of this for instruments? I have just fitted a restored maple floor and finished it with two coats of OSMO...

Not on instruments but I’ve used this on many other projects and it is far superior to something like Danish oil. If for no other reason than it takes much longer before it starts to get sticky and th...

Thanks for thoughts. I was really impressed with the Polyx Raw blend, on the floor, since it has a white additive that artificially keeps the surface white. The maple still looks like I just sanded it...

I would guess that it would be pretty thick consistancy if it is used for floors. That is not a good attribute for guitar finishes. Guitar finishes can affect the sound - especially an acoustic - it w...

Posted by: darrenking PS Is it only us two left on here? Hello? Is there anybody out there? Just nod if you can hear meIs there anyone at home?

If you are worrying about string spacing at the nut then I highly recommend this tool from Stewmac: Keeps things simple...(it was a lot cheaper when I got mine yrs ago! - but I would not be without i...

Better not use 80 grit....................

Hey, That's been bookmarked! Thanks Darren

Making your own nut is a nice job, and therapeutic! Sand, fit, sand, fit, sand etc...... Like Darren said, a piece of mdf and sandpaper.... And if you mess up the first time, no problem. Just make ano...

Hi John, All blanks will come oversize in all dimensions. Get yourself a bit of MDF, stick some 120g or 150g abrasive down on to it and start rubbing! You just can't beat the smell of hot bone dust!! ...

Hi John, I thought I had posted this ealier but it isn’t;t showing in the thread. No, I am in Hertfordshire. Email me at darren.king@bagpress.com and I’ll send you my address. Regards Darren

To make a nut I would really need the guitar here- I can send you a blank but you would need to cut the slots and adjust the depth of each slot to suit the guitar... maybe it is time to invest in a se...

Having said all that, in the past I have made perfectly good nuts using just a single good quality knife profile needle file such as: You could certainly make a functional blank with the correct slot...

Yikes John, a whole 2mm? Whoa! Firstly, I think you need to reconsider your use of the word disaster! Lol! What you have here is a slightly sub-optimal tolerance occurance! I define this as something ...

OK - but make sure you understand this first: 38mm E-E with 42mm overall width only leaves 2mm each side - I would say this is not enough. After you have the angle on the frets your playing surface i...

Hi John - I had a good look at the images...the good news is that it is far from a disaster...Looks great! The width at the nut is supposed to be 42mm and it measures 44mm, Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh...............

Hey Folks! I'll be running a 'real world exercise' starting tomorow PM - I'll see if we can't set up a livestream to let you all know whats going on... Over the next 5 or so days we'll be working on m...

You wouldn’t believe how many different physical properties can be engineered into a PVA adhesive these days. You really can’t assume that all white PVAs are identical. Different degrees of waterproof...