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Hi Doug and Patrick, thanks to you both for your input, as I also have potentially a client interested in a jumbo, I think I will get a set of medium jumbo plans and modify them for the baritone. If the other commission comes to be, then I will already have the plans available. BTW Patrick, the figu...

I have been asked by a friend if I could build him a baritone guitar. As a first step, a set of plans would seem a good idea, but I've tried the obvious (Stewmac LMI etc.) without success. Can anyone point me in the direction of a good set of plans, and any help regarding body size, variation in bra...

Hi Ryan, I was sent a copy of an article from "Woodworker" magazine called "Well oiled with Adamson" by a British tonewood supplier. The author Stewart Adamson who has won awards in the UK for his finishes, advocates Tru-oil after surface preparation up to 12000 grade Micromesh a...

Hi Doug, we don't have Rockler here in the UK, but there is a product made in the USA called either "musclechuck" or "eliminator chuck" which I have fitted to both my Trend and De Walt routers which works really well. If there is one available for your Rockler I can highly recomm...

Hi Ciaran, here's my view for what it's worth. £1200 for 90 hours tuition is about £13 per hour, quite cheap imo but you also have to consider the costs and time of travelling, which from your question seems as if it might be quite significant. The resources available to you online (especially of co...

I was just wondering if anybody glues their bridges to the top before fitting the top to the sides? It seems to me that this would make clamping the bridge much easier. I realise that accuracy of placement would be an issue and the saddle slot would have to be routed with the bridge in place, but up...