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Lol. I just finished my first build in 5 years. It's crazy - because it feels like it was only a few months ago... But I add it up and it was over 5 years.... I suppose that's what happens when you have kids and move 3 times with work. Now that we are settled - the guitar bug hit me hard. I still ha...

Great work here. What size does this thing correspond to? I have become recently enamored with ladder brace small body guitars. It seems like they can be built quite a bit more lightly than an X braced guitar for the same size because of the inherent stiffness of a small box. Add a tailpiece and you...

Is there some write up about doing these shellac finishes?
I really want to do Shellac... and have used Spray shellac, which was harder and more durable than anyone gives it credit for... but it is a royal pain.

Thanks

John

I been Eyeballin' the dumpster out in back of the Salvation Army store.... I may have to "re-purpose" a couch or bed frame.... I am going to make a Recon run tomorrow :ugeek: You know you got it bad when you got all sorts of good stuff in the storage unit.... but you are dumpster diving fo...

Hey all, I want some ideas on this... I have two 16 piece tops left over from "Jointing practice" back when I was figuring out how all this stuff worked. These were made of resawn Spruce 2x4.. Quartersawn by me during resawing. I am trying to come up with an idea for a suitable back, sides...