@russ Thanks Russ - here's my headstock veneer work Michael Attachment : image.png Attachment : image.png

Hi builder buddies Novice here; I’m not building per se as yet - I’ve been given an Eko Ranger VI which I’m ‘customising.’ So far I’ve reprofiled the neck, radiuses the fretboard and refretted with Ev...

@bpower Thanks! I wanted to make something edgier that had a V-ish shape to it.

@wayne_f that's a cool design.

Decided to go with hardtail bridge again instead of the tremolo (next time). I have the plan drawn out and the body template cut. Attachment : 20220622_184451crop.jpg

@rocknroller912 Even on a full size violin the notes are very close together higher along the fingerboard, so if the frets are closer than the width of a persons finger then it will be hard to play....

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@russ They have a few utube videos and play at Civil War re enactments. Not very PC by modern standards but still good music.

@darrenking Yes that makes sense. Even on a full size violin the notes are very close together higher along the fingerboard, so if the frets are closer than the width of a persons finger then it will...

@rocknroller912 Thanks for the additional photo. The violin scaling works out at approx 94% for the 3/4 and just under 97% for the 7/8 as opposed to about and average of 90% and 94% respectively for t...

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@russ I hadn’t realised! I’ve listed another 50(!) so that should keep you all going for a while! Let me know if there are any other problems. Cheers Darren

@darrenking If you add neck stop and body stop together, where I’ve marked in red, then that’s the scale or string length. Hope you can read the page ok. Violin type instruments and early guitars evo...

@darrenking Yes I will try and get a better photo

Hi @rocknroller912, Interesting. Does the table extend further down the page to giving the scale lengths? Cheers Darren

@darrenking I’ve just checked my book of violin measurements which is probably a good guide to the convention used for naming all instrument sizes. It shows that 3/4 and 7/8 are not an exact scale do...

Posted by: @russ Do you still have any of you adjustable neck pocket templates? Hi @russ, Yes, I believe they are still on my eBay listing. As previously, if you purchase direct from me I will credi...

Thanks for the feedback @russ. A bit of digging on the interweb later and it seems that the sizes aren't anything like a direct scaling with 3/4 sized guitars coming in at somewhere around 90% of full...

Hi peeps, Now this might sound like a completely stupid question, although not on a par with asking when metric tape worms were introduced to the UK (my wife is a parasitologist and found this hilario...

Hi @wayne_f I tend to agree about the angle of the string from the nut to the tuner due to the wide headstock. If there is too much friction on the string in the nut slot this can make tuning, and sta...