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For your 12 string project, have you planned to do anything different with the bracing, or do you think what you did on your 6 string will be fine?

@darrenkingTwo reasons1) My goto guitar is always going to be the one with the cutaway, that’s just the way I am. I’m a 24 frets on an electric type person (22 is forgivable if you want the tone of the…   Read more»

I’m looking forward to the finishing course (that guitar was as good as anything I’ve seen and better than most final reveals in “how to finish your guitar” videos on youtube).Reviews of finishing products that are available and practical for…   Read more»

Somebody I know (from my local hackspace) has been setting up a workshop in a shipping container. He’s renting a patch of land on a farm I believe quite cheaply and he bought the container. He’s fitted windows and skylights,…   Read more»

@markbaileyI was looking at the existing threads on it, where people asked the question when it would be available! Been a bit busy to watch livestreams.

Did I miss a post saying that this jig is now available in the shop on this website?Because it is

From the fact that you wrote “low odour” I’m guessing that this is Solarez’s “I can’t believe it’s not lacquer”?That’s very hard to get outside the US because the the international distributors seem to all be surf shops, who don’t…   Read more»

I think I’ll be taking your advice and buying one.But after your bit about the masking tape for the centre line, my first thought was “why don’t they laser a centre line on to the template?”The text I assume is…   Read more»

@darrenkingYour CNC may let you specify hole positions to the micron, but I’m pretty sure it’s not placing them that accurately. Not even a Kern Milling Machine promises that (and it would be pointless with wood anyway).But for this task,…   Read more»

Wow, that is a great price assuming it’s accurate which I guess is mostly down to the quality of your CNC. The plywood should be pretty stable but I can put a finish on it.I have a Crimson Guitars fret…   Read more»

@darrenking I know what you mean about the laser flare,plus you mentioning that reminded me that the laser was marginally skew on our cutter last time I checked (not enough to be noticeable in isolation, but if you used it…   Read more»

If those templates are less than 9mm thick I could laser cut any scale length I wanted at my local hackspace (we have an A0 laser cutter).

I think between us all here in this forum we can come up with a short list of acceptable products to use. That’s along the lines of what I was thinking when I asked the original question. There’s a fairly…   Read more»

@darrenkingThat’s a very interesting range (some of the text in the English descriptions is quite amusingly bad, but I can work out most of what they mean).Being in Spain is good, at least until the end of the year (it’s…   Read more»

I use Spray Max 2k and 1k rattle cans. How many cans do you find you need, and how long does the 2k remain useable? I know it starts going off as soon as you break the seal, but do…   Read more»

Posted by: @markbailey  We use our CureUV system but realise it is prohibitively expensive… The Solarez products look like a great solution for the home luthier Since they don’t need specialist UV equipment (sunlight will do) or spray equipment (though…   Read more»

@rocknroller912My first acoustic probably won’t leave the house, but my electrics will need to survive the real world of gigging in pubs (so might a future acoustic, but I’ll deal with that when I get to it).There’s no shortage of…   Read more»

@rocknroller912“What are you finishing acoustic or electric guitar?”Hopefully both, but I’m primarily asking with regards to electric at the moment, because I’m envisaging the first acoustic I build will never leave the house and so I can probably go with…   Read more»