Awesomeness overload! Very Gretschlike.

Stunning work, it looks beyond my capabilities. Keep it up sir. 👍

Suuuuppeeerb!

@jmcmi93888 TOP JOB! Looks really great John - glad to help - and thanks for the pics! I found that only a spray of water was enough Yes - especially with highly figured wood like flamed sycamore - ...

A few more pics of the archtop build for your entertainment. The side bending went well but very slowly round my exhaust pipe bending tube. Thanks for the tip of thinning the maple for the tighter ben...

Progress on the archtop. After weeks of planning and scraping and sanding then repeating all the above, the back is now carved with only the refining of the thickness from centre to edges to do. Hopef...

Update on progress. I'm following the Benedetto book and have scaled down his design from 17" to 16" for my preference. Lots of drawing of the arching profiles and cutting them out of 3mm hardboard wa...

Progressing with the Thistle Archtop. Rough shaping of the back with the plane. It's flamed maple and pretty hard wood. Having to re-sharpen the plane every ten minutes or so. Attachment : IMG_201...

@jmcmi93888 hmm....maybe you were not signed in....seems to be working now ?

Don't believe this!!!!!!!!!!! As soon as I posted my reply, the attach file thing appears!!!!!! Attachment : IMG_20190609_135235[267].jpg Hope this attempt works.

Hi Mark. Thanks for the reply. I had seen the "how to" post but still can't get the wee red paperclip thing at the bottom. All I have is a tick box with "Subscribe to this topic" beside it. Tried tick...

@jmcmi93888 OMG I'm gagging to see pics! Did you see this John?

Hi. Good news on the Thistle Archtop front. Got the wedges trued and glued before I went on holiday and have returned to making sawdust at last. I wish there was some way to attach the photos. I'm ope...

Might be the time delay spam filter thingy...leave it for a few hrs and try again...sorry ?

Hi. Tried to post Thistle photos but don't get the wee paperclip to attach them. I'm using android with Windows 10. Any ideas???

It's great to have you here John There are 'hero points' for the taking - upload some pics of the Thistle here in the acoustic showcase I'm sure some of the others haven't seen it yet!

Hello. I've just joined the happy community with the aim of building another guitar. Having completed the "Thistle" last year with the online video series, I am getting bolder with "Thistle 2". More a...

I think it took me 5 years before I realised the spaceship in the picture was a guitar @deej Oh man, I never realised that and I have that album. Doh 😣

You couldn’t pay me enough to do that job. Poor man. I don’t envy the Royals at all. @tv101 I agree totally. I’m not a royalist, certainly not in light of recent events. I won’t comment further.

he is Prince Charles in disguise You couldn’t pay me enough to do that job. Poor man. I don’t envy the Royals at all.