Yesterday , I continued my build of the renaissance guitar… Shaping the tuning pegs handles , using a little holding jig and an improvised, temporary ...

@nsj The curve of the carving around the neck pocket is just beautifully executed! 🤩 😍

Awesome! I wish I can at least come over for a visit someday.

@boo strings that are not played, but instead, resonate by playing the other strings, sympathetic resonance. They provide that shimmery tone in the b...

Yes indeed, and it surely does not help that you can t reach the sympathetic strings easily to stretch them , if the play strings are all mounted

@boo I used it to repair some ground poles that where slowly rotting away. But I intent to use it for lots more, like making table or stool legs, etc....

@russ Thanks! It will replace my backpack I was using to drag my tools, pencils and notes back and forth from Lute building class.A bit heavier, but n...

@dhawkes1gmail-com Nice work! I especially love your headstock idea. Simple, but unique ( at least for me ).

@Russ Lovely work! You obviously take great care of your work, and it shows. Also in this very nice thread, a great and extensive build report. Tha...

@boo Of course it is about you! Why would you think I care about the weight of your guitar? 🤣 The reason I asked is because I always thought that p...

Nice work @Boo 🙂 How is the weight?

I knew I was doing something wrong, no matter how much black paint I was spraying, I always ended up with a clear guitar body. and the weird thing i...

Ah I did buy these quick release thingies for my little compressor, it is super handy, I dont understand why they dont add these as a standard 🙂

Nice work @tyreman! That is going to be an awesome build 🙂

@marcel That neck is beautiful, did you laminate it yourself ? or where did you get it from?I am considering making the laminated necks myself I am al...

Nice! Looking forward to see the progress 🙂 Make sure to think about things thoroughly with a neck through, cause it aint easy to use a bandsaw , ...

@tyreman I start working again on the renaissance guitar in september. If I find the time, I will start sanding for finishing before that. I just ha...

@peter-c-f In which case would I need to lubricate? nail guns and such? Anyway, yes only spray paint and maybe just air to clean out something, but ...

The Renaissance guitar build is on hold until september, but I started making a mold for a dreadnought guitar, I am planning to build a 12 string and...

@russ wow nice work 😍 It is starting to itch...