@julioherrera If it is your first guitar build, I would recommend to follow Marks course on this site and build a Bandsman (or one with the same construction principle). I learned a lot when building ...

Hello Everyone! I'm Julio Herrera from the picturesque country of Italy. I'm a freelance developer with a passion for technology and a knack for problem-solving. I am planning to create a guitar, plea...

Attachment : IMG_0019.jpeg let’s see how this turns out …..

So close to getting the wood colour lined up, it'll do though Attachment : 20230704_152101.jpg

@boo Is that a 10 litre tin, that certainly won't be cheap.

Bought some new finish. It's not cheap this stuff is it? Attachment : IMG_20230704_164819.jpg Attachment : IMG_20230704_164827.jpg

@russ great work, keep it up 👍

Thank you all for your warm welcome. Planning on using the local Men's shed to prepare the body mold. Plan is to use this archtop guitar to learn all the basic techniques required for baroque instr...

Welcome to the forum, I’m looking forward to seeing what you will be building. Enjoy the journey 👍 Sounds like there’s quite a few of us scattered around Scotland, I’m on the northeast coast n...

@peter - c - f Welcome to the group Peter, I'm looking forward to seeing what you produce, sounds interesting. I'm not far from you, I live near Falkirk although I spend most of my time in a caravan i...

Hey up, I'm about 80 miles further North, Glenisla direction. Welcome to the forum.

Hi Folks, I became disabled in 2016, and needed until 2020 to get back to some form of normailty. Last year I became interested in the manufacdturing of string instruments and applied for a course in ...

@nsj Yes, 630mm and 633mm is exactly what I did. Worked very well.

@swepri After watching many vids I've found for 24.75 scale 630mm for the high E and add 3mm for the low works perfect. And for 25.5 scale I just do the 25.5 and add 3m for the low E. So far they've a...

Logo done Attachment : 20230703_161428-01.jpeg

Looks even better now! Proper posh I used superglue, got coverded but it's on there now lol Attachment : 20230702_161645-01.jpeg

Finally (almost) done. I still have to make a little cover plate for the truss rod and maybe adjust the slots in the nut a tiny bit. American walnut top, bosse cedar body and neck and some white venee...

@swepri I find getting the drills to go exactly where you want them can be a bit of a fight lol. Small bits with the hand drill aren't so bad, you just tilt the drill to move things about when doing t...

Yeah, and a tear-out when routing the neck pickup cavity. But it will be hidden when the pickup is mounted, so I didn't try to patch it up.

Well, I'm in no hurry when building and is not very good at documenting the build process. But now the finish line is a bit closer. Applied several coats of Danish Oil and waiting a few days more for ...