Barry Daniels wrote:I believe you have to draw the line somewhere. My line is building everything except for strings and tuning machines, and most of my tools. However, I do make my own jigs and guitar specific tools.
We once had a new member show up on the MIMF that kept going further back with the technology. He started with wanting to make guitars, then tools including a bandsaw. He finally jumped the shark with talking about mining ore to build the bandsaw. I don't think he actually built anything.
Barry Daniels wrote:We once had a new member show up on the MIMF that kept going further back with the technology. He started with wanting to make guitars, then tools including a bandsaw. He finally jumped the shark with talking about mining ore to build the bandsaw. I don't think he actually built anything.
Barry Daniels wrote:I believe you have to draw the line somewhere. My line is building everything except for strings and tuning machines, and most of my tools. However, I do make my own jigs and guitar specific tools.
Alan Carruth wrote:I made some twisted brass or bronze strings for the English guittar I built some years back. They were pretty authentic, and worked OK. I've used fish line oon small harps, too. I've often thought about making a sort of 'serving hammer' to make overspun strings, but have so far resisted the temptation.
Clay Schaeffer wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Cwe_pz0Uo
Here is a very good video of some Japanese ukulele enthusiasts visit to Aquila strings (captions in hiragana).
Clay Schaeffer wrote: Toward the end you see overwound strings being wound by hand. The workman doing it says they are more uniform than machine wound strings. I'm sure he has had a lot of experience doing them and has become expert at it.
Clay Schaeffer wrote: Again, string making doesn't look like it is too far beyond what an interested amateur could accomplish and might be in relation to guitarmaking as fly tying is to bamboo rod making ( another tangent you might like to go off in, Bryan)
Clay Schaeffer wrote: Moderately long (40") overwound strings can be had from those who sell Harp guitar strings - www. Harpguitarmusic.com
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