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Very nice Bob! Great looking Mandolin.

I haven't been doing much building much lately, but I have been doing lots of jig-making. Sooooo many universal spreaders inspired by Beau Haham's vids, I surely will never need spreaders again. Oh and saw guards and clamp storage... yawn! But I have also had a great time building a new adaption to ...

The amplitude of oscillation is entirely dependent on the pluck displacement. Of course, it takes less force to displace a lower tension string for the same oscillation amplitude of a higher tension string. For the same feel you have to go to a higher tension string set, i.e. heavier strings, which...

My multiscale commission built for Kym was to be used in a variety of alternate tunings. I ended up just setting up for standard tuning. You're compensating at saddle only or saddle and nut? It plays beautifully in standard open e at the moment but it just can't work in C# standard. Funnily enough,...

I thought I had posted this thread the other night, but it looks like I closed the window before submitting the post. Anyhoo, that post was ramble; as a second swing: I am setting up a multiscale that the client would like the setup to C# open. The scale is 679. mm bass and 647.7mm on the treble (26...

kiwigeo wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 6:44 pm

Trevor is a piss poor cult leader but he's a gun leading edge guitar maker

It's probably from having too much on his plate with a whole army to run. I mean we are at war with large guitars as we speak.

Lovely little instrument there Bob. The finish looks really good in the pic too. I'm hanging out to hear your v brace thoughts once you get strings on it. I saw a builder post a v brace build on another forum but it unfortunately got hijacked by armchair IP and legal arguments before getting shut do...

Thanks Martin, I've sent you details and links. If you can use the tester-3 tab

I am just about to launch a new site for the Brissy school, if anyone has a spare 20 mins or so and is willing to do some user testing, can you please drop your email address? It's just a matter of reading and clicking all the links and logging anything that doesn't work in a spreadsheet. Had a coup...

Very nice and lovely inlay work on the headstock, Peter.

In the clip TJ Thompson advises not to order anything from Australia..try to get it locally (ie from the US). Is he talking about these"?: https://www.thesandpaperman.com.au/sia-single-sided-foam-sanding-pad-fine.html Couldn't find any reference to bar frets in the video clip... I think these https...

My fret saw is 0.5mm, my fret tangs are 0.5mm wide so why when I install the Frets do I get a back bow on my fretboard I wonder? I'm guessing that the 0.5mm measurement doesn't include the barbs (or the frets would just fall out). The barbs will force a bit of back bow, especially if you're frettin...

Hi Bob, The ratio of alcohol to shellac isn't significant. A 1:4 ratio just gives you a two-pound cut which is a good practical bench cut. After I mix a bench cut I will then cut it down further with additional alcohol depending on what I am doing. I french polish with something more akin to a 1/3 t...

You could also try Pete Curly. I think I saw on IG he was prepping for a yard sale so may have stock handy.

So are you being instructed in Italian? Post away. Really looking forward to following along.

I don't know. Level floors are pretty handy.

Pretyy much the same thing as hard shellac, which you can get locally.

Very nice Trent. What's it sound like? I'm almost finished one with the same timbers and the b/w came from Pete too and the sap wood is almost identical. Wayne Thanks. Wayne it actually has a wolf note which needs to be dealt with. Unfortunately, I haven't the brain space for that at the moment so,...

If you search for a 'one-piece collet with set screw' you will find thousands of suppliers.

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I've assumed the post is 1/4".

I'm with Martin, FP is not that hard just a bit of a learning curve and the real pain is the pore filling. It's basically just wiping on shellac, levelling and buffing. If you're going to go with satin oil finish both tru-oil and osmo easy to apply. I much prefer osmo feel under the hand.

kiwigeo wrote: ↑

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lamanoditrento wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 06, 2022 5:57 pm

Hmm, time for some poppy seeds then.

Yep..I find if I smoke a few I can see alot of "extra" modes

Nothing quite like finding the cosmic fundamental

Hmm, time for some poppy seeds then.

Interesting that it is centred just to the right of the bridge with nothing else going on. Is it possible you have a loose brace in that area?

Really lovely and having all the same wood, it would be interesting to know if you think the wood choices perform differently at different sizes.

Possibly the most luthier drama I've known arrived in my inbox. Thought I'd share

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