nice share! 😍 that's really neat, will be following through your making process and would want to see how the final results came out.

@swepri He then used his own special clamping device, made of a small block of wood and a tuner + string, from the outside to pull a small block on the inside while the glue hardened. The reinforcem...

@robin I have seen luthier Ted Woodford do something like that in a video (which I can't find now, among all his videos). Basically, he drilled a tiny hole where he wanted the strap button to be locat...

I'm enjoying playing my acoustic, it feels so comfortable, I think I've got the body size just right for me. There's just one wee niggle. I've put the strap button in the middle of the heal and with i...

The key is take your time. Think of it as a marathon rather than a sprint (I know it's hard todo!). The choices you have or make at the start will impact you further down the line. A secret is ^^ that...

how do you all manage to get a very precise finish to your kits? all i can say those are really fine wood work!

@russ yeah they’re great for some of their starter kits, but once you get it down, there are better options.

@mario heeeey Mario. I hadn’t thought about making a tutorial, but maybe it would be helpful… in the meantime, this is chases video on it: There are tons of information out there about tonal quality...

@russ great! Stewmac sells lots of parts and kits, but they’re $$$$. But to start out, try them their kits are very helpful.. afterwards I use tone-kraft for wire and Philadelphia luthiers supply fo...

finally worked out what I did wrong today, when I calculated the break angle in the body, I was off by 2.5mm, now it all makes sense, I didn't include the thickness of the base plate, hopefully on the...

Welcome to the forums, I’m sure you will find the help and advice you need among the members and, with your experience, you’ll be able to share that with others. Look forward to seeing some of your wo...

Greetings! Looking forward to see more of your builds within the forum.. 😊

@grizmayhemgmail-com Welcome! Yes, you can ask about anything and get great suggestions in this friendly forum.

hello from Texas! I’m pretty new here too, but I’ve found this to be a great community so far!

I'm Griz, I live in Utah and I've been building guitars off and on for about ten years. I've been a woodworker my entire life so this was just a small excursion from my usual activites. I got started ...

Thank you @SomethingNicer it is interesting. Will you post tutorial for making the winding machine? Do you know if there is information about how to make pickups that sound like blues, jazz etc... or ...

@robin so wind count affects how sensitive your pickup will be, but the pattern in which it’s actually wound? Not so much… magnet type is another factor. There’s alnico 2,5,8 and ceramic, and they all...

@somethingnicer Thanks for taking the time to tell us how you go about making your own pickups, thats interesting stuff. Do you experiment with different windings to get different sounds?

Attachment : IMG_3130.jpeg Attachment : IMG_3129.jpeg Here are some pics from the process. The concept isn’t difficult. The tricky part is dealing with such small parts and such thin wire....

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