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This is not so much a question as a hope to spark some discussion. Often just talking about something brings up tips someone may have missed along the way. I'm going to ramble about what I do. Feel free to read it, or not. Don't feel obligated to respond to any questions I might have (unless you wan...

Thanks!

Looks like you got it up and strumming again, good on you. have you returned it to the owner yet? I bet it will make even more interest for him given the story behind it.

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Tue Feb 18, 2020 12:06 pm

McWormy is on it's way to the new owner made a little money on it, not a bunch but it is not my full time gig.

Congrats!

I'm late to the party here but I wonder if you could do a v joint here. Cut the traight parts flush with the end of the fretboard and you should have enough good wood to make the v. The tops surface of the Ved area is missing but you should be able to get clean gluing surface of the v. Then you can ...

Not exactly household items but you could cut tops from SPF dimensional lumber from the big box store. The small size you need wold be easy to find boodmatched mostly vertical grain sections to resaw your tops for very little money. I'd bake the the wood before you thickness and join the halves to m...

That is wonderful! Color me impressed. I'd like to see a close up of the rose carving.

Gordon, I am all too familiar with the ravages of cancer on all who are involved in the journey. Please accept my deepest condolences for your loss. I'm pleased to see you stepping into the shop again. It can be really difficult to resume something of a normal life. Not only are you dealing with you...

Following with interest since I have never been totally happy with this process. I use a bolt on butt joint so the problem is similar but not completely the same. But maybe this discussion will help uncover solutions for all of us. On my next two guitars I plan to drill the holes in the neck block, ...

I'm not of any help but am just curious about the Gorilla glue. I know that Gorilla (as a brand) has a line of glues of just about every type but when I hear Gorilla glue, I think of their polyurethane (PU) glue. Do you know what type of gorilla glue they used? I don't think there is any way to reve...

Thanks guys. One thing that kind of surprised me was the no binding thing. I really like it. The guitar looks like it was carved from a log. I know what you mean. I am in the process of blocking a katalox parlor guitar to prep for cutting the binding rebate. The interface of the very dark (approach...

Great work! Is it where you wanted it tonally? Is the owner over the moon?

The fRank Ford article posted above alls out the diluted rubber cement for two way truss rods. Good enough for Frank, would be good enough for me.

Are you all using silicone or similar to bed your two way (shrink wrap) truss rods when new or only of a buzz develops?

That looks great! That is a nice looking set of oak and it goes well with the tortoiseshell.

Dave, that is my assumption as well. I don't really have any exposure to non-live backed instruments so I don't know that they tend to sound like when tapped. I would have expected them to sound nicer than what I seem to get. Mine mostly just thud.

The thread about tap tone going away when the binding channels were cut got me thinking about what "tap tone" really means and how you use it to predict the outcome. I'm going to guess that we all have a different idea of what tap tone is and what we are looking for. That could be a thread in and of...

Cool!

If your shop is around 55% in the summer and dries out in the winter months I think you would be better off working out a way to dehumidify in the summer so you can brace and attache plates in the summer months, rather than humidifying in the winter months. Ideally you would brace and attach the pla...

I was going to say that I suspected humidity changes as well. Tell us about the timing and conditions of the bracing gluing and then gluing on the back. If the RH was high when the braces were glued on the back plate width would be x. If you let it set for a while before gluing it to the rim and the...

I think at this point the more important questions are what to do going forward. You need to determine if you are going to make a new bridge or not when you re-set the neck. You should be shooting for string height above the soundboard (at the bridge) of about a half an inch. What is the string heig...