It's a large chunk of mahogany, dimensions 53" x 4" x 3". Or 1340 x 100 x 75 in new mmoney. It's quite weighty. Pictured with a couple of G-style blanks for comparison. I've had it for a while, wi...

Certainly looks good from here. Nice piece of fretboard wood.

Whenever I see an acoustic build, I think to myself "maybe I should have a go". And then when I read all the detail of the build, and realise all the skill and accuracy needed, I think to myself "ma...

Good morning, I'm a bit late to the party but yes, there should be an offset for the nut position slot. I allow for this on the templates that I make for the slotting jig available in Mark and Carol's...

@robin Looks great. 🙂

Well I finally got the finish on, I cleaned up the fretboard etc but think I'll let it sit another day before assembly. Attachment : 20230725_230832-01.jpeg Attachment : 20230725_230853.j...

A warm greeting to all of you! My name is Arif Patel, and I hail from the vibrant city of Preston in the United Kingdom. However, my work has taken me on an exciting journey from Dubai-London, shaping...

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@bpower top job!

@robin That sounds fantastic. I know my daughter absolutely loves getting involved with the build. She talks about her diamonds all the time. Also.... acoustics are wayyyyyyyy better than electric gui...

You’ve had a busy couple of days Russ!

@russ looking real nice!!!

@bpower That all looks great, I really need to be getting on with my acoustic build, seeing this is helping to spur me on. I like the way you're getting your daughter involved, my daughter gave me a ...

I've got a little bit more done. It took me a couple of attempts to join the top, after the first attempt, a split appeared about 3mm from the joint, so I cut it and tried again. The top is stika spuc...

Hello folks, I'm trying to make a little soprano ukelele from bits of wood left over from other projects Attachment : 20230724_204045.jpg and thought I'd craft a rosette from a ring of rosewood...

thank you so much for suggestion, you guys very kind

Keep it up mate, good going....

Looking forward to the best outcome mate!

@robin Yes, I couldnt do it but I tend to wear gloves rasping the neck and half way through I seem to take it off again and deal with the blisters on my hand.

@clinton When I started watching your video marking out the neck carve, my first thought was that I couldn't do that with any accuracy with gloves on. I was glad to see you take the goves off, I don'...