Hey Darren - I tend to try and balance the front with its back and sides... for eg. I wouldn't put a super heavy back and sides with a super light top. I try and match them roughly like this - the aim...

Ok, so here’s a question. The massur birch parts don’t sound as hard and ringy as the ziracote, with the santos rosewood somewhere in the middle. Would it be better to match the massur birch with a ve...

Yup, that’s the stuff. It has a pretty short shelf life once it is opened so don’t buy a huge tub or you’ll end up binning most of it. Darren

@darrenking thanks again. i'm going to use 3 layers. i found this. is this it? did find aerolite but its all in the UK and europe.

Hi Sean, UF = Urea Formaldehyde It’s available as a liquid resin/powder hardener, liquid resin/liquid hardener and also a one shot powder that you add water to. One of the main benefits is that you ca...

@darrenking thanks for the response. i am in US and googled UF resin system but its all technical articles. i guess it's also called plastic resin glue. i will take both inside and outside lams to...

Hi Sean, ideally you should have lay up that is symmetrical so that the glue lines are equally spaced on, and on either side of the centre line (of the thickness). I have used West System for the firs...

I recently had a humidity issue in my shop during a really cold spell. It caused a back that I had braced up to flatten and even curl up on the edges where I had scalloped the braces. so i chisel, p...

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Posted by: @bpower I would set all the adjustments first. Get the truss rod and action at the nut and saddle proper before looking at the intonation. If the action is too high then just pushing the s...

@koendb That is a beauty of a guitar. I would set all the adjustments first. Get the truss rod and action at the nut and saddle proper before looking at the intonation. If the action is too high then ...

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Posted by: @boo What scale length is it? Is the bridge definitely in exactly the right spot? Just try measuring from the nut to the centre of the 12th fret, it should be exactly half of the intended...

@koendb Is the intonation low or high? Check that the saddle is tight in the slot and not bending forward. If we are doing video chat tonight you can demonstrate.

Meh guys, I think my intonation is going to be off , I just tested with the both E strings and I am getting -10 cents on the low E and -8 on the high E at the 12th fret. I'll see what happens with the...

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@boo I think you might have opened a hornets nest here. It will be like a doctors waiting room soon.

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