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 😊 👍

Hah Almost same as my plans for laminated necks, except I got bubinga instead of Mahogany. My plan is to add a black dyed sycamore veneer in between...

So I am happy to announce that I passed my 'exam' yesterday and I have started building my first lute as part of module 2 of the course. This 2nd mo...

You could just make the shims yourself anyway and keep the Taylor supplied shims as a plan B ? That's what I would do 🙂

YOU are your local Koendb's authorised service center 😉

Well, I can't play very well, I 'll try to find a piece I can learn quickly and play it as soon as I can, but in the meanwhile, this is how it is supp...

@robin No you have it right! The A course is only one string called the chanterelle. It s function is melody string. Because of esthetics, the peg and...

Thanks guys! Today I was able to take some better pictures...

@russ these are actually real gut frets, the strings themselves are Nylgut , but the frets need to be real gut. I believe because nylon is too stretch...