Is this a good description of the different veneer cuts?

I’m open to suggestions, Darren. 😘 But my initial intention was to make an electric guitar that I could take into folk clubs and open mic nights without raising suspicion. Pale, natural woods ...

Hi James, lots of veneers are available wide than this but in crown cut rather than quarter cut. What species are you looking for? Darren

I have to say also that it wouldn't look correct as carved arch type instrument never have a centre strip as far as I know. And that’s another problem solved 🙂 Thanks @rocknroller912

Hi @darrenking, thanks for that. While I have your attention... On the Bagpress video you say that most veneers come in 200mm wide strips. If I want a ‘two piece’ book matched front or back, am I advi...

@jamesbissett Trying to cut a centre strip on a finished laminate would be very difficult. One of my early mistakes was trying this method on solid wood and the knife goes goes with the grain not when...

Hi James, I would glue the strip into to outer layer of veneer before laminating it if for no other reason than it’s quicker/easier than doing it afterwards. You may need to scrape the inlay strip flu...

My plan to build a single cutaway semi-hollow body with laminates is slowly coming together. Imagine thinking that it was called an arch top when I first found this site! Doh! I’m planning to have a g...

My new workshop arrived today That’s awesome @robin, very happy for you! Nice to know that we’ll both be getting lost in our new spaces 😆

@chrisot Yes its approximately 105mm at the end of the lower bout and 85mm at the neck end. Thanks, that's encouraging, I'm drawing my first acoustic right now and want to make it quite slim, I was ...

What a beautiful guitar! Extremely classy and elegant but understated at the same time. We can all look at our instruments, or many other things in our lives, and see mistakes we have made, but there ...

@chrisot Looks great to me, well done!

That looks great @chrisot , can you tell me how deep your body is?

They say you learn from your mistakes Every build always presents many learning opportunities - wood is not a predictable material, every piece is different! If the instrument is playable, then the ...

It looks great to me @chrisot. 🙂🙏🎸🎶

Attachment : IMG_2127.jpeg Attachment : IMG_2133.jpeg This is my latest build. It's based on an Orchestra Model in terms of body dimensions. The top is spruce, the back and sides are syc...

The rosette is rather fun @jonhodgson It’s cosmic 🌟💫

The rosette is rather fun

@BooThe Phil McKnight one could so easily have been tacky and gaudy if they'd overdone any element (glitter paint and gold leaf sounds like something Elvis would have played in his Vegas days, probabl...

A thick flake coating would probably not be a great idea for the top (might work fine for the sides though, Ovation have made theirs out of composites for decades after all), but I wonder if a light c...