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My 9 year old daughter has to build an instrument for a school project. She only has 2 days to complete it.
I was thinking a canjo or mbira but would like to hear any other ideas people may have.

Seems ok so far.

I've refinished the top 6-7 times already over the last year for various reasons. Most of them because I was trying a sunburst. Not really willing to do it again. Not yet anyways. For now I'll just do the spline maybe and finish it quickly with a small brush maybe. In the future I want to redo the p...

Drawing there eye to the corner is not a bad thing if it looks neat and clean. I've made so many other mistakes it might distract them from seeing it. ;) It's the shellac I worry about. I had another piece where I spliced in a section near the binding on the other side and although the top looks ok ...

It does seem raised or rolled up a bit. How easy is a splint to do? Would it not be easier and look better just to inlay something into it?

Here is the pic sorry. I really didn't think it would have spread past the brace and cleats.

Ya sorry I forgot to include some details. Here is a picture from my phone, sorry its the only camera I have right now. It is a guitar I built around 40% humidity. At one point the humidity dropped to around 30% and the crack started. I rehumidified it and the crack had almost completed sealed so I ...

Hi

I have a crack in my top in the upper bout and I want to inlay an ebony cross into it to stop it from cracking further. I have tried cleats and hide glue but it just gets bigger. From what I see top inlays can dampen the sound. Will I have an issue if its in the upper bout?