@boo Thanks to you and @robin for your replies. I put it in the vice and gave it a bit of a wiggle, couldn’t see any evidence of the crack opening up, so I’m going to leave it for now….   Read more»

@robin The person to ask on processing it is Eddie. I’ve forgotten his handle on this website. Do you know who I mean? 

@robin awesome…. I think that’s my move. Thanks for talkin this through with me!

@robin Actually, now that I look at it, this doesn’t seem too horrible….. I think the may be the easiest method to reshape on this line. Does that jive with you?
 

@robin That’s an interesting idea. So to do that I would cut out a pickup shaped piece of wood and glue it in and sand it down?

@robin You know I had that thought, I guess it wouldn’t be horrible. Just cut a small curve off the top and sand by hand. I’d love to not if possible, lol

@robin It looks like My pickup and bridge spots don’t match my original drawing. I think if my lower pup was a bit higher, this wouldn’t be an issue

  Just check the child protection laws @Robin … 🤣 … might need to be a short scale proper acoustic??…   Read more»

@robin You’re a bad man 😉 My darling wife told me not to be such a fussy bugger. and I’ve decided this is a prototype – a proof of concept. But I really need to work on these slipping glue…   Read more»

@robin Thats great. Thats what I was thinking and what I was hoping to hear. Thanks!

@robin that’s what I was thinking. Maybe they just taped it on so it won’t get lost in transit. Thank you. This has been very helpful!

@robin Sure thing. This is the truss rod I have:

@robin I have seen luthier Ted Woodford do something like that in a video (which I can’t find now, among all his videos). Basically, he drilled a tiny hole where he wanted the strap button to be located. He then…   Read more»

@robin so wind count affects how sensitive your pickup will be, but the pattern in which it’s actually wound? Not so much… magnet type is another factor. There’s alnico 2,5,8 and ceramic, and they all have different tonal properties.  …   Read more»

The guitar sounds great on the wee video @robin. If you’re moving from Falkirk to Dumbarton you should get yourself signed up for the course at Anniesland. It’s only about a 20 minute drive. I’ll be down in Falkirk today…   Read more»

@robin Ah very nice. When sorting through your stuff, be ruthless. I did it with 20 years of stuff and quite a bit of what I’ve brought here, I’ve ended up getting rid of.  Keep the most sentimental stuff, the…   Read more»

@robin Link works – guitar sounds great! Awesome job -thanks for posting!

@robin
Yep I remembered after I posted that so I edited my comment 🙂 Sorry my bad memory…

@robin Oh no! You are moving house? 😱 I know all the ins and outs of that. 😂 
Are you moving to another area or same region? 

@robin Yeah, I think you are right on all accounts there. I think the little metal clamp will do me for now but WHEN I get around to a proper acoustic build, I will definitely invest in the long reach…   Read more»