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Cedar used in the building trade night work for you. It has good tonewood properties and you can find it in many lumberyards. Cedar shingles or cedar siding off-cuts might work.

So, I thought I would post pictures of the completed guitar and thank everyone for their advice and knowledge. Thank you. I’m quite pleased with the way it plays. Mellow as far as archtops go but perhaps not as loud as I was hoping. Anyway, not bad for my first. D291BDF5-92A2-419B-8098-FFEFA5CF1CA5....

Thanks Alan, that’s a good explanation.

Aged tone-wood appears to be highly desirable in instrument building. How much of this is for the development of the tone and how much for the stability?

Alan , that's something that never even occurred to me, but it makes perfect sense. So you're saying that it should be possible to achieve some kind of equilibrium between the downward pressure of the strings and the upward pressure caused by the compression from the strings and a shallower break an...

Thanks everyone for your help. Everyone here has a lot more experience than me and I am kind of taking a little advice from everyone as I am moving ahead. I am at the point where I have glued the top to the sides and the braces are in place. I had some nice ringing tones before I glued the tone bars...

No, the top is still not attached to the sides

I posted this on another forum but this forum seems more relevant to the guitar I'm building. I need a little advice regarding tap tones. I’m building my first full scale archtop guitar with a carved top and back. I’m using Benedetto’s book on building archtops for help. Currently, I’m working on th...

I build high end furniture for a living. I have this problem all the time. Truth is, no matter where you live, there are going to be big differences in humidity from one season to the next. Here on the east coast of the USA we have the biggest fluctuations in humidity in the world . There is nothing...

I used Zar wood stain thinned with mineral spirits to get the slight sunburst effect. Once dry i used two coats of polymerized tung oil. Finally, I polished with beeswax - a really quick and simple finish that feels good and looks good. As far as the strings go, I started with bronze acoustic guitar...

I just found a side view. As you can see, the arch is quite deep which makes the neck angle steep, which, in turn, makes the bridge about 7/8". Consequently, the angle of the tail piece is really steep meaning there is probably too much tension on the bridge and the soundboard. If I were doing ...

I wanted a guitar I could play whilst relaxing on the couch or in an armchair- something I could play without having to sit upright. Here is what I came up with. The body is about the size of a mandolin. The scale is a 25" scale that begins at the 5th fret. Heavy strings allow it to be tuned to...