Hello Everyone! This is Siddharth Kumar Mehta and I'm from New York. I'm an accountant at Hudson Bay Capital. I like to play guitar and that is why I'm on this platform to know each and everything abo...

Welcome to this awesome community @norriemac! Awesome job on that first build so far. I cant wait to see more pics 🙂

Hello Guys! I am new here on this platform because this is one of the best platform for guitar knowledge.

Welcome to the builds

@norriemac I think I would glue the 3mm olive wood onto the headstock before gluing the fretboard in place. Then flatten off the olive wood down to level with the top face of the neck where the nut i...

I'd say that the thickness is more to do with the tuners fitting neatly, rather than a strength requirement. I'd add the thicker veneer. Using good old Titebond (if it's good enough to keep the neck ...

@norriemac I'm fairly sure that at 12mm it's still strong enough, but better wait for the experts to advise you on that. Adding your 3mm olive wood will certainly give you the thickness you need and ...

@norriemac Hi Norrie, I would say yes to both questions.......and I'd just use titebond original for every glue job except when gluing the fretboard to the body....then use hide glue. 🙂Ƕ...

Just figured I'd share this with you guys. Today I made a fret slotting jig in preparation for the next build. That's right, I'm not going to use a pre-made board this time. The supplier that I buy mo...

Finally, a long overdue update. 'Tis done!

Beautiful - I added the link so you can watch it here - Thanks!

I made a documentary about building guitars some years ago - free on the tube for anyone interested

@norriemac Yeah. I've done three acoustic builds so far following Marks methods. If you have been following the course then the heel block would have already had the mortice cut out of it and that wou...

@norriemac You don’t need a jig to do any of the things you describe. People use them for routers which are a fairly recent thing. Mortise and tenon jigs and binding can all be cut by hand tools and h...

I'll just add my welcome to the queue! And I'm always impressed by people who build acoustics. To my mind, that's *proper* craftsmanship. 👍

@norriemac It might have been badly dried causing cracks. Was the olive wood hard to glue.

@norriemac Nice work Norrie. Looking forward to seeing this one develop. 🙏🎶🎸🙂