Show time! oh and if you wonder: this instrument is unbelieveable light, only 600 grams     And if you want to hear it b...

Almost there! Cleaning up the shell, oiling the fingerboard and neck,... cleaning up the little ridge at the headstock And marking the nut he...

I made these little pins that will be placed at both sides of the fingerboard, around where the body meets the neck. And cut out a section from th...

The soundboard gets glued to the shell! I first start by making tiny blocks, that will help supporting the top , so the top would not fold and crac...

It s time to prepare the top to be glued on the body. First I position the body and mark the bracings for the cuts. The braces should really fit tig...

I then shape the back of the bridge, I fold it inwards with a sharp chisel, so there is only a little 'roof'just above the string holes. This will hel...

Woah! I completely forgot about this forum and the fact I did not finish my build report here.more than 1 year since an update , djeez...Well here we ...

In the meantime, I finished the rosette, turned the tuning pegs and fitted them to the pegbox. I also carved the lower inside of the pegbox for bett...

Wow! That looks stunning! 😍 Only two springs? no issues with tuning stability?

This is a bit like how drums are tuned ( top higher or lower then the bottom skin ) If you would tune to the same pitch , they would start cancellin...

Nice build! especially as it is your first! You cant go wrong with a P90, and your logo is very elegant . Up to the next one.

Yeah amazing build ! great skills! 😍

You definitely want one with proper dustextraction. Mirka is a reputable brand in this segment of power tools.

On with the lute build! I glued together the pegbox Cut an angle in the neck to seat the pegbox in. I do this with a littlejig to help me cut ...

I realized, I havent posted something in quite a while. Let me get on with the Lute build I started last year... This piece of spruce will bec...

So I finally have a video of my renaissance guitar been played!

@brie I never sand joints, I use a hand plane only. ( OK and maybe a scraper card on the odd occasion ) It is quicker, once you have passed the learn...

Nice @rathius 🙂 You must be over the moon 😊 👍