@rathius How big are the pieces

@koendb Good job

@powerful Very tidy build. It’s scary getting strings on for the first time.

@tv101 Only joking of course. If there is no Bliss with Carol on Thursday maybe we should take turns at playing. I’ve been practising my banjo.

@tv101 I would like to say we missed you but ,,,,,,,,,

@tv101 The 2 dots wouldn’t be level with the fretboard would they. Flat would be no good. I’ve been on the Dolly Parton tour bus by the way, just thought I would throw that nugget in for no particula...

@koendb Excellent result, you are gaining confidence in your own ability which is going to move you up to another level of building. It looks like you have a good grain match also. So placing the new ...

@koendb I would clamp a straight edge on and use a sharp knife to get a clean edge line. If you taper the patch slightly from to to bottom, you can trim the bottom until it’s a tight fit. If you are f...

@jamesbisset James sorry we missed you. I think it will take a few weeks for the video calls to become a regular thing. Catch you on Thursday maybe.

@koendb Which one is it, I’m guessing fret 3

@boo I know this is hard to believe but I was chatting with Joni a few weeks ago on her fan page. I commented on her photo and she said message me direct, and we chatted for a while.

@tv101 Thanks that sounds like a plan. My only comment is that if we are going to do video chat on Thursdays when Carol is not doing Bliss, then we should make a distinction between the two nights or...

@koendb There are some quick and easy methods of checking the neck angle to get the bridge height without using mm scales which are hard to read. I have a violin tool which is a ready guide but it wou...

@tv101 Thanks I will log on also. I will be in my workshop unless anyone wants to sing a song then I might be persuaded to down tools and pick up an instrument.

@boo I’m a sucker for lost causes, drop it in sometime if you are passing. I mostly do repairs rather than new building so I will be happy to give you my opinion. I’ve never found an instrument that w...

@koendb Looking like you have it under control

@boo People have had some strange ideas on building in the past. Thank goodness for modern technology. I would be interested if you have one with a back bow.

@boo Another thought. When I first started making in the 1980s I used to buy from a firm in Pennsylvania US who built a back bow in on purpose to counter string pressure. They had a jig for gluing up ...

@koendb The inside looks very clean which is impressive. Be careful when you are trimming the soundboard to the sides it can split very easily in the waist area due to splitting along the grain.

@boo I had a good think about this and waited to see if there were any good ideas from others, so here’s my input. A guitar with back bow on the neck and no truss rod is likely to have been made a lon...