Beautiful work @koendb Very clean work. ✊

Success! No light gaping through the cracks, squeeze out all aroundAlso around the heel and tailblock. I could not completely contain the excitement this morning 🙂 Attachment : IMG_20220126_07480...

@koendb OK then good luck. I agree totally with Darren the instrument will take some time to settle down before it plays well. Are you planning to finish the neck and sound box before they are fixed t...

Posted by: @boo How would you go about doing the opposite thing, do you think? If the neck had a back bow? How about removing the frets and then stinging the guitar for a while, under high tension i...

@koenbe, you are clearly on a roll! I bet you’re not getting much real work done! Great job and I’m sure you’ll love it when you get to string it up. Just in case it doesn’t knock your socks off from ...

Sanding of the sides: done. Facets towards heel and tail: done. Kerfed lining for the back: done.Although a bit sloppy cut work there, I am afraid my notches are a bit on the big side. Here and there ...

Posted by: @markbailey FYI: Fretwire is available with different tang widths - so it fits tighter or looser in the slot to allow for both forward and back bow situations like this. We used to call it...

FYI: Fretwire is available with different tang widths - so it fits tighter or looser in the slot to allow for both forward and back bow situations like this. We used to call it 'repair wire' and it wa...

@boo Ive read about this method in a book by Irving Sloane on guitar repair. He calls it over size fret wedging and describes how it was used in the Martin acoustic factory in the days before Martin u...

@rocknroller912 It’s a great method. How would you go about doing the opposite thing, do you think? If the neck had a back bow? 🤔

Posted by: @tv101 I had visions of you doing some live skin spray painting or something @tv101 Well, there is such a thing called airbrush tattooing.

Posted by: @boo How dare you. What are you insinuating I had visions of you doing some live skin spray painting or something ... 🤣 🤣

@koendb Great work you are getting more confident I think

@tv101 How dare you. What are you insinuating? 😆

Posted by: @rocknroller912 Are we playing music yet or just chatting @rocknroller912 - whatever you fancy really - anything goes! [edit] OK, maybe not quite *anything*. (Just in case Boo gets any...

Looking good!

Posted by: @boo I bet you are excited, I am. I am supressing my excitement until I played it 😜 ( but I could not prevent a bit of pride to escape 😉)

@koendb It’s looking so good Koen, I bet you are excited, I am. 👍

Nice work Koen 👍

This morning I glued one side in, during lunchbreak the other.. Attachment : IMG_20220124_142956061.jpg Attachment : IMG_20220124_162323003.jpg Perhaps I should buy a lottery ticket.. 2...