I found also in books of lutherie mentions of these toothed blade, I've never used them, but maybe I will try. Thank you @russ

Hi, Any advice for thicknessing Indian rosewood with hand plane(s) for back and sides ? For now, it is taking me many hours for the back, from 6mm to 2,5mm of thickness. I find it very hard and surel...

Thank you @SomethingNicer it is interesting. Will you post tutorial for making the winding machine? Do you know if there is information about how to make pickups that sound like blues, jazz etc... or ...

Thanks @siddharthmehta Since the last posts I decided to correct it with the suggestion of @jamesalexandermcmillan It worked well, only a thin line can be visible from the sides, but it is almost invi...

Thank you for your comments. I have finally weighed the wood blank, and obtained the density of my wood. Then I have weighed the neck and fretboard, I have weighed also apart the electronics, mechani...

Hi, I am working on building a guitar with an esthetic like a Stratocaster. For the body, I have two blocks of ash glued between themselves of 45mm of thickness. I will not include a tremolo, and not...

Thank you, I will follow your advices.

Hi, The process of fretting is normally after to glue the fretboard to the neck, isn't it ? Is it possible to make fretting before to glue ? For an example: - if fretting go wrong, you could remake th...

Thank you for all the contributions, you have very good ideas.

@rocknroller912 It seems a good idea. When you said : "put a piece of veneer between the two lengths when gluing which will simulate the 15th fret slot" Do you mean that I should glue a small piece o...

Hi @darrenking , In the case I buy a new fretboard. Do you recommend me a way to "recycle" the first fretboard. Can I use it for another purpose ?

@boo Attachment : IMG_20220119_185132.jpg Here is a picture. It was the first time I was testing my jig, and in the slot nº16, I thought I was in the right position but in fact the fretboard wa...

Hi, Recently I was cutting frets slots with a jig I made myself, but I made a mistake and cutted a fret slot in a wrong position. ¿ Is there a solution to repair this wrong slot or do I have to use a ...

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@rocknroller912 With active pickups I meant the system described by @koendb and @mattbeels : pickups that use a 9V battery. EMG pickups for an example, they have their own circuit. I don't know their...

Hi, I want to build a safe electric guitar, without electrocution risk (with a control cavity in the rear of the body and 3 single coils). I have several points of vue of differents luthiers and suppl...

I suggest a course about typical repairs on a guitar. The other side of a luthier job when he is not constructing guitars. Thanks.