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I have 2 festool clamps for my 20 mm mft table,but wont buy more at nearly 39.00 per clamp.rumors are that other manufactures that may make clamps that can work with a little modding.anyone done this? Thanks.

Certainly a good enough repair for a 299.00 china guitar. now youve learned something you didnt know before.knowledge is always valuble.

Im looking for a supplier of oregon myrtle. Probably lumber that i can resaw. This is for a harpguitar build.my lower bout rough size 15-16" length 40-41". Need material for back and sides.anyone?.....

I have been pondering why sound ports are so popular,if unwanted higher resonances are present. I suspect that builders with way more knodedge and experience have tuned their tops to allow the sound ports to work for them.it is behond me so ill move away from the idea until i fully understand it.

Ill use this info on my harpguitaar build as i want to put sound ports on the side of the hollow arm instead of the face of the hollow arm.the main sound hole will be an oval also. It will be a while though.

Thanks for the good info. So youll bend sides then glue the veneer in place,then maybe make a jig to support the bent sides and rout the sound port? Or glue the veneer on flat and then bend the side then rout?? Ive never used titebond III ,but another Canadian luthier said he liked it only when glui...

All great tips, now ill just adapt one that fits my style.thanks

I may have asked this but the answer didnt stick,my bad.
Should a sound port be routed before or after bending,and is a one layer backing veneer enough?
I was going to use titebond 3 since its moisture and heat resistanct??

What would be the overall length of a spanish requinto guitar.im thinking of using a short scale on this harp build??

Ill offer you 30.00 shipped.what numbers do you have? Are all in near perfect condition? I.m me if your interested. Greg m

Id like to know how to cut an oval sound hole ??

Im glad to see your build with a full sized bucker ,great job.

im looking for a good set of tuners for my classical build,id liked to stay away from the cheap import models,but it seems most all are imported.stewmac has mighty mite tuners on sale are they any good? Id love a set of waverleys but cant afford them. Suggestions??

I built my charlie hunter/novax style hybrid 8 string in 1998. The scales were 28.25 and 25.5.The nut and head stock were the tuffest part of the whole build.the compound angle for the trebles stopped the build for quite a while.i ended up fairing in the angle needed to keep the treble strings off t...

Ok question, why use 2 different radius dishes, is it tradition,or is there a tone or structure benifit.ive only built archtops and everything is different, so i really dont know much about it. I was asking a well known builder about doming for a harp guitar and a couple others also said that 30 foo...

I have to wire a stock sttrat and the owner wants to use a different ohm rated volume pot to accentuate knob swells! Which value pot works best.which tone cap value should be used he said danny gatton may have used a different value and he was great at knob swells.

I think im going to use Peghed tuners on my harp guitar,all the sub bass strings line up accross the top of the headstock. I think id need right hand tuners is that correct.thry make both ????

I found a company called peghed that builds a geared tuner, and the whole thing looks like a standard wooden cello,or violin tuning peg,its 4-1 and should work for hg sub bass strings, comes handed as well.anyone try these?

Yes this confirms what 2 other luthiers said that a slight dome ,maybe 30 ft radius (5/64), would be enough,as you dont want to over tention the top. One said he only domes his x brace in the lower bout only,other braces are flat, and he tapers back the hollow arm 1/2",this is to help with stri...

In diving into the harp guitar plans and i see ill need a radius dish for my sullivam elliot style harp guitar build.what im unclear on is how the dome transistions from radius to flat as it comes to the hollow arm. I was thinking a slight 25 foot radius dish would allow that transistion any suggest...