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Steve--> thanks... yes it's been awhile... we should connect sometime. I've used the JJB's...and they are about the same as the K&K's in my opinion. They work for sure.. but some of the frequencies are cut short compared to pure acoustic sound on an Archtop. Mark... yes, thanks... I'm thinking a...

I have an email into Barbera transducers. The prices have me floored a bit... but I my customers will pay for it if we can get the right blend. He makes them custom for the saddle size you request. There are some youtube videos if you do a search. This may be the answer I'm looking for.. but we'll h...

I do the mag pickups on all my jazz guitars... and I have that well under control. This is a piezo system. Mag pickups are great for electrified guitars... I'm really focusing on the pure acoustic sound. I've been thru most of the alternatives... Mag with Mics... Piezos with Mics, mixers etc. Intern...

I built this guitar for my brother. It's a 16" lower bout and the body is 19.5” long 25” scale. Sitka top...walnut back and sides with a mahogany neck. It's the loudest archtop guitar I've built. The sound just jumps out of it. Has excellent tone... and gorgeous ringing sustain. When I first st...

Did you tint the lacquer... or dye the wood... or both? I like it!

I give the inside a coat of Shellac. It's supposed to slow the absorption of moisture... I do it because Benedetto said so... Not sure if it works... but it doesn't seem to hurt either. I coat it after I glue the top to the sides. On the back I do a quick coat but I stay away from the glue surfaces....

Elegant look. I like it. Show us the bracing when you get it worked out. Are you planning a pickup?

I press the frets in after I finish shaping the neck. I always use/modify or build a jig to hold the neck and I set it up so I can bolt the headstock down. It's a bit more work...but the neck is rock solid in the jig. The jig is lined with cork for the backside of the neck... which keeps me from mar...

Thanks for your kind words and comments. It was a fun build and I think I may build a few more of these. I like doing something different from time-to-time. Archtops are my love...but I may do a dread acoustic next for a winter project.

Body is 20" and overall it's 3 1/6" deep. Upper bout is 12". Scale length is 25... which I chose for more tension to drive the top. Top is pretty thin... I measured down to .120 and then I sanded some more after it was assembled... so I'm guessing at the final. The upper bout is area ...

I haven't posted anything for years... but I thought I'd show you my latest Benedetto style Classical Archtop. I consider this to be a prototype guitar... as I wanted to build something new... show it around and let some people play it to see if there was an interest. It plays and sounds great... an...

So does touchbb require configuration by the sysop or is it just a local app that reads the forum and presents in a mobile format?

I also went and looked at the forum software after I posted. Mobile might be more appropriate for a 2nd phase. There seems to be more complexity included security issues that need to be looked at... Maybe someday.

While it appears to work well on a standard IPad browser I was wondering if anyone had thought of developing mobile apps for the forum...

Ps. I also just wanted to test a post