

Last seen: May 28, 2024
@brie, sometimes it can be enough just to sink the top of the bridge posts into the body. Most posts have a wider bit that sits on top of the body. ...
Some nice grain pattern on that top 👍 You realise that you're making these quicker than some "professional" guitar builders???
Hope you've kept that ... in years to come, could be worth a fortune to collectors 😆
You have some handy mates up there @nsj!
I think the general consensus is that the neck angle is set for an acoustic bridge, and therefore is too shallow for the resonator. You've therefore...
(clears throat) Part1: Introduction The "Duck Room" is a place of internet legend. Long thought, by those who had heard only tales passed down...
😆 😆 😆 Bill is correct.
I’m guessing here - I’ve never even played a Resonator let alone built one … Is the neck angle on a Resonator set differently to a standard acou...
Congratulations! This has proved to be a more troublesome task than I’d anticipated. Watching Darren’s videos, it all seemed fairly straightforward...
Come on Jim, this is serious, not one of your songs … 🤣 🤣
Not being one to rush things ... here's a bit of an update on the re-fin *Much* happier with the way that this is looking now. I sanded th...
That looks good enough to me! 👍 I've never really found a stain colour that works really well on mahogany-type wood - plain finishes are good.
I've used the Crimson stains on numerous builds. I've found them really easy to use, and reliable - in that they produce the colour that they should...
I'm sure I've seen that exact guitar somewhere before .... .... ..... ...... ahhhh, yes, it's in that case 10ft behind my shoulder 😆...
Nice result, looks very neat & tidy.
Can't be sure from looking at the angle of the photos, but it looks like the back of the headstock needs the add-on rather than the front?
Ask away - you'll get heaps of answers here. Some of them may even be right ... 😆 😆
Wow! You don't hang around once you get started! It's looking really good 👍
Not on here, no. Put your email addy in a post, and tag the person you want to receive it. They'll get a notification of your post, with the first ...
So it rains whisky up there???