@Benjamin Schwillens the side bender plans came from Gen One Luthier Services. That said, they weren't that much help as the plans are based on a light bulb heating system (very old approach) beneath...

@brie As for the heating iron, I decided to make a Fox style bender. It was a bunch of work to make but very little cost and I find making the jigs really gets you thinking about the making process. T...

@brie Nice work on those clamps! You will find you can never have too many clamps so keep up the production cycle. Maybe some longer ones would be handy. It's rare to not have enough space behind your...

  Attachment : PXL_20260421_131500649.MP.jpg Well, I had planned to be very disciplined and do most of the course material first and then start my build. That lasted 1 day before I decided...

Hi everyone, just signed up for the acoustic build course. Quite excited to see how that goes! I've made a couple of electrics and have just finished a major rebuild on my resonator (new neck, neck st...