I have been away from this forum for some time so I thought I would add some help for people building an instrument for the first time.
I will also be away from this forum for some time again as my internet sucks on my only device (my phone) until I
Read more…I'm thinking of building a 'just intonation' guitar. 4-5 string, probably 23-24" shorter scale length CBG.
Any thoughts, advice, experience, tips will be most helpful.
Read more…I'm not a great finisher.
I suspect I never will be and I plan on getting the technics down so I can go "low tech, sandblasted, burned and bullet hole destroyed, looking dragged through a decade of barn stomping!"
But I was thinking..
The plastic ty
Read more…I've been thinking about correctly building a 'wrong' guitar.
This isn't to do with looks. Anything can hold a vibrating string, from the most beautiful crafted bit of wood to.. well, a bit of wood :)
It's about the fretboard.
It would be easy to jus
Read more…Can we use this concept?
I'm thinking some type of resonator/reverb. Probably not, but it's interesting all the same.
Read more…I hate sanding.
Reason being..
Sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand sand
Read more…I'm thinking about trying out some inlay on a fretboard.
I get the basic way of carving out a shape, copy the shape where you want it, carve out a corresponding hole, glue it in, fill the gaps with 'sawdust/glue'
Any tips and advice is most welcome a
Read more…I don't know if anyone does this or if it's standard practice..
So I got a nice piece of wood home for a neck that had a twist down it lengthways. It was a choice of being bored or just using it. So..
Here's my solution for getting my fretboard nice
Read more…For argument sake and ease of reference I will number strings from 1 - 6. 1 is the thinnest 6 being the fatty.
First things first, my build..
I don't think about scale length, I go for aesthetics. Small box, shorter length. Big box longer neck. I w
Read more…I've been looking for an alternative truss rod just to strengthen a long thin neck.
I've had a peek on e-bog for aluminium T-section rods but they seem just as expensive as buying an actual adjustable truss rod.
What I was was thinking was a 10mm x
Read more…Hmm.. New to me. Have you guys seen this.. Might be of special interest to lapsteel players.
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The last build I did was a proper scale length baritone ukulele with 4 strings..
The neck I have on my table just now seems to be heading in the direction of a 25" 4 stringed banjo type instrument with 3 strings playable with the 4th string being a
Read more…OK guys. I need a bit of mad experiment know how and ideas..
Has anyone made any bowed instruments?
I would like to make a cello type instrument and about the only thing I know about all this is that at the basic level the string curvature is quite
Read more…Seems the very first thing i do in here is a mistake.. Story of my internet life I guess.
Hi. I'm Davie from Scotland, nice to meet you guys.
I'm inspired by seeing what you're all doing in here with the simplicity and often complexity of your build
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