glad to have been of some help

Y’all talking about soldering and all but have any of you seen these? Clear heat shrink loaded with a small ring of solder in the middle. Stick your wires in each end then use a heat gun. Tubing shrin...

I did some research on tap tuning once I became aware of it. The main thing I took away is how the vibrations of the string are sent to the body via different mechanisms that are specific for each typ...

@robin A# sounds a bit off. I watched a video on classical building where the top was an F and I think steel string is lower. Shaving a bit off to produce a G might make a better sound.

@boo thankyou

@swepri I'm happy with the balance, maybe a bit neck heavy so if anything the body could have been solid and it might have been a little bit better balance wise, the real test will be putting straploc...

@tyreman Fantastic build. Top marks to you. 🤘😁🤘

@robin Tap tuning takes a lot of experience. Some makers even tune after the body is closed by scraping the outside of the soundboard and tapping to get a ring.

@usadave Mark has loads of vids under the live tab, not quite the same but tons of brilliant info in them. I use his neck carving method which takes a fraction of the time and also learnt how to do a ...

@tyreman Congrats! Turned out very well. 👍 Did you get the balance right with both weight relief and 12 tuners?

here's the completed guitar:

Mounted in some scrap... Pictures: Attachment : IMG_1742.jpg Attachment : IMG_1743.jpg Attachment : IMG_1741.jpg

@peter-c-f Braces are usually tuned by holding the plate very lightly till it rings. Some people can tell the pitch by ear but normal humans use a guitar tuner with a built in microphone Removing woo...

Thanks for the answer.

Question. Do you tune the braces when carving, or are you focussing more on dimensions?

@markbailey Thank you Mark! (your lessons are how I am able to do any of this! I must admit I miss seeing you on YouTube) I will mount the bridge on some scrap and put some strings on the bridge (and ...

Thanks for the advice everyone! 🙂

@usadave That’s a beautiful build Dave, well done. 👍 Great advice from everyone commenting already. Nothing I can add to that really. The more you build, the more you get used to judging dist...

If in doubt: Mount your bridge into a lump of scrap wood to simulate the body then you can work out exactly where the take off point of the string will be - always a good idea to test your procedure o...

@USADave show us the bridge and also what scale you're planning. For instance using a T.O.M type bridge with a 24.75 scale I find 630mm to be the sweet spot for the initial scale line then add 3mm f...