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Joe, Obviously scale lengths affect the tone, but I'll ignore that. Another effect, as you pointed out, is the reduced amount of finger/hand stretching that is required when the scale is reduced. Players that are experiencing pain due to stretching often go to shorter scales to reduce the pain and a...

Thanks to Barry Daniels who helped with much of the neck carving on my first build. Barry and Matt Jacobs were very helpful to talk things through on finishing and other areas.

I wish they were both closer than 60 miles away from me!

The end result of my first build was very good, but the time it took (3+ years) was way too long. It was a scratch build where all the woods except the top and linings were resawn by me (i.e. back, sides, blocks, neck, bindings, fretboard, bridge, etc.). I also built the shop, bought equipment and t...

Jeff, I 'd like to see more of your guitar. May I suggest that you not use any flash to take the pictures. You could go outside if necessary to get good actual color without the glare of flash. Several shots including the top, back, sides, butt, peghead, neck and close ups, etc. will allow us to rea...

I cheated on that end graft mitering. I ran the purfling all the way around under the binding. There where it met the tail, I drilled out the black and inserted a white piece. If I can't find a simple way to do something, I usually can't do it. Bob, I believe I understand what you did. But how did ...

It has been proven that fingerboards do not need to be so awfully hard to work well. The wear on fingerboards I see most often is due to long fingernails and dirty hands. Keep your nails trimmed and hands fairly clean and your fingerboards, frets, and strings will all last longer. I certainly agree...

I actually had almost not lacquer buildup last time, used the really thin blue tape and scraped more over it when I sanded every 3 coats and it ended up even. Mike, From your original post I did not think that you had put anything down during finishing. I thought you were scraping lacquer off the e...

Ed, I've heard of others using Frisket - are you using it? Steven, The reason I asked is that I have not used it, but I am considering using it on my current build. I bought some from Hobby Lobby the other day. I was wondering what others' experience are with it. I have used regular painter's tape ...

Just curious, have you ever tried to apply finish over .001 Frisket film to avoid edge build-up? Extra Tack – A .001" matte polyester film with a strong adhesive to help prevent paint seepage and edge build up. Ideal for use on cold press (rough) board, glass, plastic, metal or applications req...

Bob, My method is basically like Todd's above, except I have used Titebond so far (I'm using hot hide glue in other joints and improving my skill with it at this time.) In your pictures I do not see any go-bars or other clamps or weights to hold the top's surface down into the dome as the gluing tak...

Bob, I understand how to glue one plate to the rim while the plate is in the dish. But how do you glue the second plate? If you glue the top on first, then you could put a couple of go-bars in the sound hole to hold down a part of the back while gluing, but its hard to see how that could hold the en...

I use radius dome dishes. 15 ft. for the back and 25 ft. for the top. The braces' bottom's are shaped to match those and I use the a go bar deck to glue the braces while the plates are in the domes. I then use the domes to radius the rims (sides & linings). This seems to be a very common approac...

Mario, would you have a favorite model airplane supplier that sells online and what parts usable in guitar building are available from them? I believe that would be very helpful.... I'm not Mario, but my Dad and I previously flew RC airplanes. Tower Hobbies http://towerhobbies.com is by far the lar...