@robin 
Well done Robin it looks good and is certainly challenging 

@robin 
Thanks I haven’t seen this before and only have his mandolin book. For a first build I would stick with Marks course and it will be a good guitar. Tap tuning is fairly advanced.

@peter-c-f  The sound waves on bowed and plucked instruments are different. I watched a science demo when I attended classes at violin school using transducer pick ups and an oscilloscope. For bowed it’s a sharp sustained attack, followed by a rapid…   Read more»

@robin 
violins are tuned F front and F# back

@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 
 

@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.

@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 wood will raise the pitch…   Read more»

I would be interested in one if the price is not too much. Which one do you have please

@nsj 
Spring claw is chrome which is hard to solder. Probably need to file away a small part to solder onto. If you get to the copper layer that should be enough as it solders well.

@nsj
No, metal forms an oxide which prevents a good solder joint. Aluminium and its alloys is one of the worst and very difficult to solder or weld. Most pots are an aluminium alloy.

@cafebrouge  Solder flows towards hot surfaces and you need to sand any pots to take off metal oxide just before you solder. Same with wires, take off the insulation just before and don’t put any hand grease on the bare…   Read more»

@boo 
Looks very good. You are so lucky to have the space.