@rocknroller912 Thanks a lot! I will give that a try to remove the pickguard 👍

@bpower thanks for that info! it will be useful 👍

@koendb Bakelite does get very brittle and I’m not sure about the best way to remove it. Try some warm water around the edges. At the time it was made people only used water based glue I think and it...

Posted by: @rocknroller912 I suggest taking it off and fixing with double sided tape to allow more flexibility. @rocknroller912 I ll have a look if I can remove it without any damage. There is a bi...

Label says it is a Pietro Tonelli and is made in Napoli presumably around 1900 Attachment : IMG-20220724-WA0001.jpg Posted by: @rocknroller912 but without a close up photo I guess that the f...

@koendb The soundboard crack might be due to the pick guard being glued on as this prevents the wood from expanding and contracting naturally. I suggest taking it off and fixing with double sided tap...

@koendb That is a nice little project you have there and a smart little instrument. Unfortunately I can’t offer any help as I don’t have the first clue about these kind of instruments but best of luck...

In the meantime, I figured out it could be a mandolute. scale length seems to be 13 5/8"

I did receive a number of instruments to look at, setup and restore, amongst them, this lute. The nut is broken and there is a big crack in the soundboard ,from one side, all the way to , or maybe eve...

@jamesbisset. If it's an earworm James it a keeper. Keep scratching until you've satisfied the itch. 🎸🙏🎶🙂

Thanks Russ. Reckon it might need another verse and some lyric tweaking, but it’s turned into an an ear worm for me. I can’t get it out of my head!

@wayne_f These problems we give ourselves never seem so bad after a good night's sleep, you'll fix it and it'll be fine.

@robin I've compared the neck to the fretboard and the board is a bit wider. Your suggestion of blending the joint while carving sounds much better than scrapping the whole thing. After my last post I...

Posted by: @wayne_f Just got done out in the workshop a couple hours ago and I've run into another problem. I might need to scrap this and start over. After routing the profile of the neck I noticed ...

@wayne_f I think Mark did a video on how to route a truss rod slot after the neck has been profiled. Search through the utube videos I’m sure you will find it. You could glue a veneer shim on the sho...

Just got done out in the workshop a couple hours ago and I've run into another problem. I might need to scrap this and start over. After routing the profile of the neck I noticed that the truss rod sl...

Okay, finally posting some progress. Even though the project is just starting I've already made a couple mistakes. Fortunately those mistakes are not difficult to work around. First, I accidentally cu...

@koendb and by the way, I forgot to mention in my reply - that’s a really nice looking, very classic Flying V, I love it!

Thanks @boo, for your many wise words 😀 It certainly is part if the fun to fix the problems that arise as well as to solve challenges - most of my challenges came from my own inadequacies wit...

Posted by: @steveh There have been things that I got wrong first time and had to revisit, as well as things that I‘ve asked myself „What if I did this bit differently next time?“ @steveh Nice one St...