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Beautiful.
I'm curious as to why the drone string's position is raised when offset...?

Fernando: If you have a minute, Google Paul Rhoney's (previous post) guitars - absolutely fantastic designs.

Enjoyed your tuner test video - am I guessing right that your long term plan is to have lever(s) perpendicular to the body top?

Welcome! ….and yes, you certainly can.

Dang - that's fun!

Hi Fernando, What's your goal?... to have one of each type of guitar built for your personal use, or are you hoping to introduce a new line of guitars intended for sale to the public? If the former, find a good local luthier who is willing to work with you bringing your visions into reality. Expect ...

If by “that route” you mean splines, when you have the point notched out for the spline, and before you insert the spline, you should be able to start in the notch and aim a long drill bit such that it connects the jack recess with one of the other routed out areas. If going “plywood”, it”s pretty e...

I’d second that. Having been a teenager back in the 80s, I saw a number of these pointy fellows suffer that fate. Owned a BC Rich “bitch” knockoff that took a different approach, its body was essentially plywood made up of 1/8” laminations. You could have driven railroad spikes in with that thing, i...

Are you thinking of putting splines in those areas?

So… does it also follow that when the uke strings were plucked/strummed the kalimba keys would vibrate sympathetically? Ukalimba-itar?

A giant indeed.
May he rest in peace.

Are they viable musical instruments, or primarily art objects? If the former, are they good enough that a professional musician would consider using one? Maybe see if you can find a way to get the word out about them at Berkeley, given your proximity to Boston? Have you considered pursuing having a ...

Very nice! This one would have been a great candidate for the recent "What electric guitars have you built because you couldn't buy it?" thread. The shot at the nut makes me chuckle - if I hadn't read about the neck width, I'd have assumed that picture's aspect ratio was wonky/stretched ho...

Have you considered recessing the rear of the headstock (forstner bit?) a few mm at each hole, to get wood thickness down to 13.5mm for Grovel UPTLs? I'm envisioning that the large barrel part of the UPTLs would be countersunk into the back of the headstock. Perhaps use something along the lines of ...

Assuming the neck is unfinished and not yet assembled, how about adding an 1/8" of matching maple stock to each side and then planing back to your desired width?

Oh, and the pickup slides to and fro! It just keeps getting better and better.
(my apologies to all for sidetracking this thread)

Wow - that’s wildly fun. Thanks again for sharing.

Barry - PLEASE post more pictures of that funky thing.

I'm entering my fourth decade as an architect - certainly doesn't make me an expert, but I've tried to learn from my mistakes along the way. Flat files are great both in terms of the protection they offer and keeping things flat, but Barry is right on the money regarding re: their drawbacks. Tube st...

Looking good.