I spent most if this afternoon in my hut, all I've got to show for it is three spruce braces, maybe I'll make better progress tomorrow.

You might have to reduce the height to get the action you want, but thats just a case of sanding the bottom face.

I bought my tusq nuts from ebay. Graph Tech part no PQL-6010-00

@nsj Good to hear you got off lucky and weathered the storm without too much damage. Over in the west we got the winds but not the rain this time, ...

@rathius Thats looking good. So how does this work. Are you engraving a recess and then filling with dust and glue.

@brie Well done Robin, really didn’t think you’d get it done last weekend, we had horrible weather on the Sunday, though I know it was much bette...

@tv101 Catching up with this a little after-the-event You're not too late, Its still quite fresh in my mind. Norfolk would maybe be a bit of ...

I completed the abseil yesterday, the most difficult part was the getting up there with my dodgy lungs, luckily it was busy and we had to stop a coupl...

@brie Thank you Brian

@boo Thanks for the donation Jack, very much appreciated. I think the Air Ambulance will have a busy day today with most of the roads in Argyll close...

@rathius It must have been a great feeling to have experienced that. I just had a look, Black Stone Cherry are playing in Glasgow here in Scotland...

@koendb Since this is a guitar forum I wonder if there is an interest if I also create a topic for the lute building as well? Please do, its ...

What are the easiest steps to create a guitar? The easiest way to build a guitar is to follow Mark Bailey's step by step course. I followed the co...

@tv101 Be interesting to see how the shims work when the arrive Are you not tempted to cnc your own shims?

@tyreman I like the idea of a straight string pull, thats what I try to do with the six string headstock design that I use. But, I do agree with th...

I'm currently ploughing my way through watching the acoustic course videos, making the most of the torrential rainy days we're having here. You've con...

@koendb The A course is only one string called the chanterelle. It s function is melody string. Because of esthetics, the peg and peg hole is mad...

@koendb Thats looking great, an amazing amount of skill on show. An odd question though, theres eight pegs on the headstock, but I can only see se...

Nice work James, looking good.