This is mine for today. Just found the sheet music published on utube by The Peak Fiddler on his channel so one to learn for my next zoom session.

@koendb That’s an interesting idea which didn’t occur to me. I’ve heard of builders ageing new instruments to look old but I’m not up to date with the current trends as I’m not an electric player. The...

Selecting wood from the scrap pile for my practice build body. It’s 35 mm thick so I should be able to plane the holes out and join two bits. It used to be as school bench. Attachment : C30F6E82-D...

@tej looks like you have put the clamps directly onto the headstock. Putting a solid block in between would be needed if you start with a thinner veneer. Moisture in the glue can cause a thin piece to...

@koendb Looking great. You’ve been very busy the last few days, you’re making me feel lazy I’ve hardly done any work on mine.

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Hand sanding the radius, nearly there. Have to stop and get ready for music zoom then Acoustic Bliss. Attachment : 95469076-0F3B-45C5-977A-AB1D870DE4F6.jpeg

@mattbeels Well spotted you have a keen professional eye. I got carried away with the fret saw and didn’t look at the pencil mark. I will have to think of a cover up but it’s only a practice build bef...

I do like to do things the hard way. Radius the fretboard by hand. Can anyone spot the mistake. Thanks to @darrenking for instruction on how to sharpen the Nielsen scraper blade I’m cooking on gas now...

@clinton Good job I still cut wood by hand like this as I don’t have room for big machines, so have great respect for other people who do it.

@tej It all looks very neat even the bit you said is a mistake

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@koendb Looks very good

Update on my last post. Robin Nolan confirmed the Flying V shown in the video is indeed a Gypsy Jazz Flying V acoustic. Looks like an interesting challenge for anyone brave enough.

On Acoustic Bliss a few days someone mentioned liking Gypsy Jazz, think it was Carol, so here’s one for you recorded about 10 days ago. Front left of picture is an interesting instrument which looks l...

@steveadams Rock on buddy just the ticket. Meanwhile I will go out to my unheated workshop where the temperature is a heady 16 deg C and carry on sanding the ends of my fingers because it’s so cold I ...

@tv101 Veritas is a good choice I think, all their stuff is decent quality. An index of the live streams would be useful but I enjoy browsing through them all to find the correct one. I also remember ...

@steveadams I think we need a short video by the pool just to really annoy every body. Make sure there is some beer in the shot.

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@koendb No worries glad I could point you in the right direction.