Looking good @bpower. Just a question, and this isn’t aimed at you particularly bpower, but why, when all the other braces and the bridge reinforcement plate have to abut the cross braces, are the cross braces bonded on last? This…   Read more»

Hi @jonhodgson,
Drop me an email to darren.king@bagpress.com detailing what you are after and your delivery address and I’ll see what I can do.
Cheers
Darren

Looks like you’ve bought some great products there BPower! I took delivery of some soundboards from NW Canada only last week and I really hope you’re not in one of the stupidly hot regions, doesn’t look like fun!!
Darren

Hi Tej, Depends where you are. I’ve bought some lovely timber from https://www.sykestimber.co.uk/ in the Midlands and they are keen to supply instrument makers and understand our requirements – which many other timber yards aren’t and don’t! However, you may…   Read more»

Hi,
could you give me a few more details of the problems you are having? I should be able to suggest a solution once I know what is going wrong
Cheers
Darren

Hi Jonathan,
let me know what you need and I’ll workout a price. I buy, use and sell this material all the time.CheersDarren

Hi @Rocknroller912 The key thing is not to sharpen it like a normal plane. Yes the steel will be softer that you may be used to but it needs to be, otherwise you would stand no chance of turning the…   Read more»

That’s one of my favourite tools – the little Lie Neilsen scraper plane. Once you have learnt how to sharpen it properly it can change your life!!

Thanks for the diagram @jonhodgson and it would be great if my wires were the same colours 🤣 🤣 From the single coil PUP I have red, white and a shield (the box says white and shield to ground) and…   Read more»

Is it the same setup as Mark’s Bandsman?  I hadn’t thought of that. I’ll check. Sorry if this is a really basic question but this is my first electric build and I was a bit thrown by this being the…   Read more»

I’ve got a Rolling Mill at the bridge and an Alchemist 90 at the neck, single volume and single tone controls using 500k pots, a three way toggle switch, 0.022uf and 0.047uf caps Has anyone got a suggested wiring diagram…   Read more»

Having just flogged my beloved Telecaster on eBay I really need to get this guitar finished! I’ve got a Rolling Mill at the bridge and an Alchemist 90 at the neck, single volume and single tone controls using 500k pots,…   Read more»

What is the reason for it?

Good question!! I think the idea is that the bass response can be enhanced whilst retaining nice crisp trebles. Also, it looks cool and expensive!!

Here’s the link to the report.
https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Taylor-FinalDraftofFinalReport.pdf

I’m not quite sure that they are any more ecologically sound…… Richlite, at least, is FSC certified. I’m not aware of there being much FSC ebony available anywhere and reading the report of Taylor Guitars ebony loggers in Cameroon you…   Read more»

No, not yet! I just googled an image.

that you have to include the string angle into your calculations I think that the differences caused by small variations in nut/fretboard/bridge widths aren’t going to matter. I mean, no allowance is made for this with standard parallel fret positions.

Hi Bpower, I love the small bodied parlour guitar but with such a small body do you really need an arm bevel? How about a bevelled cut away instead to give access to a couple of higher frets? There’s little…   Read more»

as it angles the fretboard rather than the saw Yup, definitely the most sensible and easiest way to go. I’ve had an idea on how to adjust for the different ‘square fret’ but I need to draw it before I…   Read more»