@koendb OK then good luck. I agree totally with Darren the instrument will take some time to settle down before it plays well. Are you planning to finish the neck and sound box before they are fixed t...

@koenbe, you are clearly on a roll! I bet you’re not getting much real work done! Great job and I’m sure you’ll love it when you get to string it up. Just in case it doesn’t knock your socks off from ...

@koendb beautiful work. Well done. 🙂

Sanding of the sides: done. Facets towards heel and tail: done. Kerfed lining for the back: done.Although a bit sloppy cut work there, I am afraid my notches are a bit on the big side. Here and there ...

@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 ...

@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...

Posted by: @bpower find some tight pants/shorts to put on... @bpower I dare not show you. This is a family forum. 😆

@boo step one... find some tight pants/shorts to put on... step two.... muscles. 🙂

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Posted by: @darrenking How about removing the frets and then stinging the guitar for a while, under high tension if necessary. You could then refit frets with thinner tangs or carefully run your fret...

Posted by: @boo How would you go about doing the opposite thing, do you think? If the neck had a back bow? How about removing the frets and then stinging the guitar for a while, under high tension i...

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@bpower Well done I’m glad it worked out for you

Update on the crack.... I have used epoxy and I think that it worked absolutely fantastic. Can not see that there was ever an issue and seems perfectly strong. I am confident in it so now I can start...

@boo You can try the back bow repair method first and let us all know how it goes. ps have you got your spray painting demo ready for @tv101 when we do the video thing.

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@koendb Great work you are getting more confident I think