Posted by: @koendb Time for your next build now 😋 😊 😎  Probably well past time! I’ve got some windows to finish repairing and then paint today though 🙁 Got to get those jobs done whilst the weather is still…   Read more»

Posted by: @koendb so I definitely will oil the guitar, and then finish off with shellac. Not sure if the poly adds anything for me. I’ll be interested to see how it looks before and after the shellac finishing, and…   Read more»

Posted by: @tv101
That was a lot of work for one weekend @koendb!
 

It took me a little more then a weekend though @tv101 🙂

@tv101 , @koendb
pix will be awesome..thanks
 

That was a lot of work for one weekend @koendb! Ive got no experience of Shellac – I’ve only ever oil finished guitars, sometimes over stains.  I did buy some Shellac many years ago, with the intention of trying it…   Read more»

@russ, @tv101, @rocknroller912, @markbaily, @wayne_f, @robin, @jozefbehr, @koendb,  I have a serious thing going on with my wrist…but i think i can install the frets, so i pushed ahead;

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@koendb
 We can arrange something this weekend if you are free. Arrange a time on messenger.

Sweet @koendb. Nice work. 
🎸🙂🎶🙏

True @koendb – in a world where I had enough time to make those mistakes, and the knowledge/understanding to learn from them.
 

@koendb same here with not buying them, it’s more fun to make one! I also realised one of the reasons I like classical guitars is the scale length is very similar to fenders scale being only slighly longer than 25.5″…   Read more»

Posted by: @koendb So after my first ukulele, which became a lefty, because I made a routing  error ( control cavity on the wrong side of the back ! )I have built a right handed one, with a different scale…   Read more»

Posted by: @koendb Posted by: @russ wondering if you have any plans to do any more Live YouTube Workshop Wednesdays again. They were very helpful wee sessions and extremely entertaining. Missing the Banter.  Yeah same here! It was really great…   Read more»

@koendb 
Elvis has left the building

@koendb  Bakelite does get very brittle and I’m not sure about the best way to remove it. Try some warm water around the edges. At the time it was made people only used water based glue I think and it’s…   Read more»

@koendb I’ve seen that you can get the “bar type” fret wire from https://proluthiertools.com/product/bar-fret-wire/ . There are probably other places but that’s the one that I seen and read about. I read about it from the fret book I got…   Read more»

@koendb  The soundboard crack might be due to the pick guard being glued on as this prevents the wood from expanding and contracting naturally. I suggest taking it off and fixing with double sided tape to allow more flexibility. To fix…   Read more»

@koendb That is a nice little project you have there and a smart little instrument. Unfortunately I can’t offer any help as I don’t have the first clue about these kind of instruments but best of luck with it. 

@koendb and by the way, I forgot to mention in my reply – that’s a really nice looking, very classic Flying V, I love it!

@koendb doing the sums is easy enough, but i wanted a visual representation, and I hadn’t found one online. The fretfind2d one looks great though – thank you for the pointer!
cheers
Steve

@koendb yeah, they are! My rubyburst was a kit, but I decided that I didn’t like the pickguard, and moved the control cavity from the front of the guitar to the back. Also, the nut had to come off and…   Read more»