Previously I built a viola da gamba using 1/8 inch paneling as a facade covering the straight sides made from toe kick.
It's neck was made from an ax handle using neck-through construction and worked fine.
I used that 3" radius blue plastic tubing
Read more…Maybe some of you are actually highly educated luthiers even though you sometimes make cigarbox guitars. Many guitarists who practice a lot experience fatigue using a footstool so have started using devices raising the guirar from the knee to the cor
Read more…I want to make a bowed string with a scale length of 14." I see where others have used steel wire (not that I could find any at Home Depot). From my estimations, I believe to tune that to a D like on guitar's fourth string, the gauge should be somewh
Read more…I saw a video of a guy in India making a coconut banjo and he used a thin flexible plastic sheet with adhesive backing for the top. Can anyone think of a product in the US which could serve that function already with adhesive? Home Depot was no help
Read more…I read you can use quality craft paper from the arts store for Chinese Erhu type instruments, paper shopping bags for something requiring medium thickness, thick construction paper, or layers of paper if you want a thick banjo head. Some people also
Read more…I cut the tops for my bass gamba and my classical not needing a footstool. My other jigsaw had a laser to help cut straight lines though. What's you're go to tool for hitting your lines again to straighten things up? Flat file, round file? I don't ha
Read more…I have a bass gamba and the frets easily come untied with frequent aggressive scale work. Is there an alternative fret material you've used before you can recommend? Like a stiff rubberband brand or plastic twisty ties for an arched fingerboard?
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Read more…Some of you have a lot of experience at this so thought I'd approach it a different way. If I said the back is hardboard, the top is paneling, the sides are toe kick, and the neck is a shovel handle, how much would you charge to slap it all together?
I"meant thinking of putting some of my builds for sale on Etsy. I already know how much the materials cost. Was wondering how to estimate my labor while still remaining price competetive. It looks like when I have a week off, I can finish a build in
Read more…I mocked up the measurements from my research to see if things were accurate. Some stuff was off and I got the idea to have the front be a facade like they used to do to shacks in the wild west. The outside was just a flat, cheap wood wall painted to
Read more…A part of me has designed a Lyra Viol against my better judgement. Not to be confused with violin or viola. Mine's an inch shorter than standard guitar length and half way between classical guitar neck width and electric guitar neck width. A Lyra vio
Read more…I told myself I'm going to cut this nice and tight but my saw wouldn't cooperate. The bottom looks like the wave pool at Disney world and the sides might as well be the Grand Canyon. What solution do you recommend? A shim, putty? Both? Something else
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