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Hello! I'm from Brazil and here the deforestation of all kind of forests, swamps and whatever else can be transformed into cropland to make soy for the cows food grows every year. So, I'm starting to become sensitive about use only wood as materials to build guitars, specially because there are some...

Awesome!

🙏🏼 thanks for the insight, I agree and understand better now The idea is L00 size archtop, Adirondack top, 24.5" scale length. The doubt is between Mahogany or any kind of Rosewood on the back/side. But the fear is to be too trebley with Rosewood, hence the question about have a wood with the w...

Hello! The "common sense" about wood says Rosewood has more bass and treble than mahogany, but less mids and a more prominent treble... Is there any wood tht have bass and middle as both combined but a bit tamed treble? Sometimes I think steel strings have too much bite and nylon too few.....

Hello guys/gals! I'm contemplating to design some guitars and have it completely done by a factory (as opposit to the last idea of they just building the hollow bodies) Basically would be one derivatived from Strat, one superstrat, probably a V and an Explorer style, or something like this. Would wa...

No, sorry I didn't explain correctly.

This jack drilling goes straight to the pickup cavity and then to the control cavity or it's drilled someway direct to the countrol cavity?

I've no idea how they make the wires get there

Another doubt:
Does anybody know what is the path the channel of this jack makes till the control box?
And how they do it?

Thanks, I think I will go in that route, then!

JC Whitney wrote: ↑Thu Jul 18, 2024 2:04 pm Are you thinking of putting splines in those areas?

Yes! Vertically or horizontally, don't know yet

That person is me!
I posted there first, but there wasn't a real technical answer, so I posted here, because usually here people hs more experience

I'm building a RR guitar and I'm thinking in to do a cut in the end of the points and glue a solid patch there. The intention is to make it stronger and keep it from breaking, like all pointy guitars happens What do you all think? It's the red lines in the photo the place I want to do the reinforcem...

Nice to know about the app, will take a look!
Thanks

Thanks for the answer Alan! I plan to use 009 or 010 strings, so the top might be thinner than an usual archtop Yes, the back is a totally new route, I've many many doubts! 😂 I'm planning to go with Mahogany or South American Cedar, do you have experience in the difference from an arch back to a fla...

Hello guys, I've some doubts regards archtops 1) I've an Adirondack soundboard blank for archtop, but it has a dark stain in the middle and would be ugly to do a 17" archtop in natural/burst... That leads to 2 options: I learn how to make the stain have the same color as the other parts (which ...

Interesting
I was thinking in some kind of tailpiece alike the archtops

Very cool!
If you ever get him to record a clip, post here! Sounds interesting a mix between the two worlds!

Hello there!
I was thinking here, as the traditional glued bridge in flattops has a lot of trouble, is there any reason why people don't make that style of bridges of archtops in acoustic?

Has anyone experience in one guitar like this?
Cheers

Interested to listen how it will sound

Hey, this guy from Brazil has 3 videos explaining how he does it and it worked even on pinus. One is talking only and 2 is showing how it's done, I'll put it here, but it's in portuguese, don't know if there is a closed caption to translate to english... Basically: he add the iron and alcohol in a j...

Hello!
I've some carbon fiber rods that I would like to mak thinner and narrower.
I know power tools goes dull in it and I just discovered laser won't cut it neighter...

Is there anyway to do it?
Thanks