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You could use a regular undersaddle type piezo or a Fishman type bridge with the pickup built into it if you don't mind drilling a hole under the bridge. I know it sounds scary drilling a hole under the bridge location but it will be covered by the bridge all the time. I do it on my mandolins, it ha...

Yessir, you got it! Cool guitar too.

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And the green Comet blazes by the Pleiadies!

Very nice...even though Hesh doesn't post here. He however is a friend of mine.
I bet it sounds pretty good!

That looks like a piezo wire pickup to me. I use that stuff sometimes, mostly in mandolins but it can work well in a guitar too.

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Hey, good idea! I'll remember that.

I have never made any bow ties, but I have made string ties. In the spirit of sharing photos, here is one of the ones I made. It's made from a fingerboard....a real Luthiers Tie.
Now let's see yours!

The most challenging part of this is getting a decent pickup. Electric violins have issues that other instruments don't, have you looked into how you'll tackle that?

If you look into some of the older Fender electric guitars, they have fingerboards that are hardly more than a veneer. It looks to be no thicker than the fret tang.

I made some pickups like that too. I liked mine! But I am not a fan of the cloth wire. There is no advantage to it at all other than the vintage look and vibe it gives. It's better and quieter to use a smaller, thin shielded wire. So much easier to work with!

Yes that is nice looking walnut Eric! If you ask me, you are doing about as well as can be expected with a three-wheel bandsaw. They are hard to operate and hard to get a good result when using them to re-saw.

I use Walnut all the time! And I would use the second orientation, I like the flame and I'd put that part in the lower bout. That looks like nice stuff.

I don't imagine it would have to be wet lacquer at all. Just use a thin coat to spray over the soot to seal it in and then the rest of the clear coats from there.

I would think so...I have sprayed blue tinted lacquer and the first thin coats looked like that. You will need to start out with a very light colored wood base for sure, white maple or something.

Use a lacquer tint or dye, and not a stain. With colors like that it is best to tint the finish.

I seriously doubt that is what is affecting your action. The sides would need to be seriously crushed enough to make a difference in the neck angle, I bet it is something along the lines of Mario's question. I have seen many necks cut like yours, and they have no troubles.

Looks great Andy, you always do top notch work! good to see you post again too.