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Comment by Uncle John on July 6, 2018 at 3:44pm

Thanks, Wal.

Comment by Wal Callaby on July 6, 2018 at 10:56am

I'd give one of Gitty's tops a go- though beware the custom offers until you've tried one of the limited edition jobs, cos the custom ones don't come with f-holes, and it has to be a bold, simple design to cope with the process. And oil 'em good, cos the wood they use is tinder dry, and the ink is not quite fast.

i've made the occasional tailpiece too, but there's something a bit failsafe about through-neck-and-ferrule; never hurts to have one less thing to worry about!

And as a little heads-up- after a couple more poplar acoustics, I'm going to try a solid-body electric or three, and that means hardtail bridges and exotic humbuckers. Watch this space!

Comment by Uncle John on July 6, 2018 at 2:22am

I like hearing your opinions.  I like the simplicity and strength of neck-throughs.   A agree on the hinge thing being fairly easy, but not the strongest.  I prefer to cut my own tail piece out of scrap metal or use part of a colander like Dave Lynas does. 

I fairly often will unscrew the tail-piece on a new build to work on something - on my last build I used a jumbo fret for a zero fret and it was too high - so I just unscrewed the tail - carefully got the strings out of the way and replaced the zero fret. 

I have to say, that is a good looking box, f holes and corners.  Using a pre-made like that...  To me it does not seem entirely right, but they look so good - I am now much tempted. 

Glad you are having fun, Wal.   You build some good stuff.