Pickup cavity routed and pickup test fitted. Attachment : 1521BA4A-ED86-467C-89E2-73D0B51F0038.jpeg Attachment : 587791FD-5475-4949-972C-1DA47140F92A.jpeg

I finally got around to getting more work done on this guitar build today. Attachment : 2C6805AD-7F90-49FC-B3AD-E40A13FC1877.jpeg Attachment : 409186F4-F62C-4428-9C31-1331A81E889C.jpeg ...

Coming along very well @bpower. Looking great. 🙂🎸🙏🎶

Just realized it has been a while since I gave an update on my guitar build. After vacation and some distractions here is where I am. First off... as you can see from the pic cutting the side, I found...

More zebras please!

@boo If you have already sanded it with 400, sand those scratches out with 600 at least and apply more clear coats. . I think 400 is a bit too coarse, use 600 or 800, otherwise you will see those 400...

@koendb Another vote for zebras. What kind of finish are you going to put on it ?

@rocknroller912 makes sense, the guitar I worked was given to me to play with ultimately so it didn’t matter if I happened to ruin it entirely it wasn’t an issue. What’s your issue with titebond, this...

@tej Titebond is very permanent which can be good but it’s a nightmare when doing repairs as the level of heat needed to soften it is bad for the wood in my opinion, particularly on acoustic instrumen...

@rocknroller912 It’s a tricky one as generally people only experience glueing by practice/experimenting, rarely have I met someone who was taught what “enough” glue looks like and what “enough” clampi...

Looking great @koendb. 👍. I'd go for the Zebra pickups myself. 🙂🙏🎸🎶

@jmcmi93888 I would say it’s worked very well. I started like that with no fancy tools and violin callipers which are not long enough to reach the middle, so it was a guess on thickness.

Hi Rocknroller. Without all the right modern piller drills and cnc stuff I had to think of another way to "carve" the plates. The spikey ball technique worked exceptionally well on the "Thistle 2 arch...

@jmcmi93888 Remarkable progress considering what you started with. One quick method for hollowing is to drill holes inside with a depth stop on the drill, then rough out till the hole marks disappear....

@tej I would agree with you about fixing broken instruments for education but you have to know your limits and not cause further damage or try to over repair something valuable which can ruin it. Fac...

@rocknroller912 that’s true but I think they’re an invaluable learning resource. My first significant effort at fixing a guitar was when I was given one with a ruined truss rod. Removing the fretboard...

Attachment : outsidesdone.jpg That is the outsides of the plates rough planed to the profile lines. quite happy with the results but can't finish the neck area of the top plate until I get the mor...

That'd be an interesting project ... and for a man of your skills ...

Hi @rocknroller Thanks for the link. This company used to trade as Georgia Luthier and the first two guitars I built were from their Grand Symphony plans. I was very impressed by the amount of informa...

@darrenking I found this web site a while ago, it gives plans as digital download loads.