Good afternoon, Here’s a question that I am sure must also come up with 6 string pick ups. The bridge that I have ordered has 19mm string spacing ie 57mm in total but the pitch of the bridge pickup poles…   Read more»

I guess it also allows…   Read more»

Now THAT is commitment! 🤣 🤣 

I’d have taken this up with the supplier as it sounds like there was a pre-existing weakness in the soundboard. Before you glue it onto the body have…   Read more»

You could always cut layers of 1.5mm ply or 2mm MDF and laminate them together using laser cut dowel holes for alignment.
Darren

@nsj for any fret template that is printed be it on laser printer, plotter or anything else I would always want some kind of reference measurement to check that it has printed/remained at the correct size. Just ask them to…   Read more»

To my mind, given that the accuracy of the fret positions are absolutely key to the sound…   Read more»

Wealden Tool Co. cutters are significantly cheaper than Trend and, IMHO, are of a higher quality. I use them with manual routing and their solid TC spirals are the standard on my CNC router. https://www.wealdentool.com/

[quote data-userid=”49852″ data-postid=”24463″] I have one of those fret jigs for a 24.75″ scale and it strikes me that with a 0.58mm kerf on the saw the end cut, where the nut is, should be 0.29mm offset, if anyone sees…   Read more»

All of my larger presses (4m3 per hour and upwards) have a built-in vacuum adjustment knob so the pressure can be slowly increased. This is a technique…   Read more»

You mean this stuff: Diethylene glycol monoethethyl ether. I bought a coupl of 2.5l bottles of it from a lab supplies company 15 years ago and I;ve still got some. The one I have…   Read more»

Hi @tv101Yes, they played the OGWT in the early seventies and their set is available on YouTube. Speaking of OGWT, I went to see Ron Sexsmith at the Union Chapel on Tuesday and he was introduced on stage by Whispering…   Read more»

I second that. Anyone playing around ‘under the bonnet’…   Read more»

Hi @stephen-hayes,
Welcome to the best guitar making resource in the world! And don’t worry, in the field of guitar making related woodworking questions there is no such thing as stupid!
Have fun
Darren