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20210620_143328_copy_380x380.jpg Sorry for the poor quality pic, my file reducing app maybe isn't the best. Anyways, just wanted you know a built the guitar. Thin body, hollow, maple back, sides, soundboard, and neck. Ebony fretboard & headstock veneer, P90 pickup, bolt-on neck, rear access to ...

Very nice work Peter, and intriguing design on the adjustable neck. I have a question if you don't mind. I noticed the bracing where you've tied the neck block to wooden "anchors" at the body waist. Was this a result of experience from a prior build where you did not secure the neck block,...

Gents, thicknessing with the router sled went fairly well. I took the back blanks down to 0.125 (+/- 0.005 in spots). After glue-up there was some surface misalignment, not 100% flush in spots. After final leveling with cabinet scraper, I think I'll be at 0.105 (+/- 0.005). Tim, so much for "pe...

Thanks. The set-up I used on my first (and only) acoustic build was an old school baton-and-nail press, as outlined in Jonathan Kinkead's book. The joint was perfect (beginner's luck??). Got the same result with the spruce top, so I'm using that method again. This may sound dumb, but in regards to w...

Thanks for the input. My first build was a walnut back 0.085 thick. I am targetting 0.095 - .105 with this build and was hoping to only have to remove about 0.010 after joining.

I recently purchased flamed maple back and sides online. To my surprise the back was 0.25" thick and the sides 0.23". I have no access to a thickness sander or planer. So i built a router sled and using a 1.25" mortice bit it is working out well, so I want to go as far as I can on the...

gxlkmanlqfcnwdro3mu0.jpg Freeman, I have found my solution, see attached photo of Yamaha AEX 500. This is a flat top, yet has the aesthetics of the archtop models I had been inspired by. It is thin body with bolt on neck. Has piezo under the saddle and neck humbucker, and a means to blend both pick...

Freeman, BTW, your guitars look amazing, beautiful finishes!!

Quick edit to my last reply: the thickness of the top on my OM build was 0.112, not 0.100 The guidance in Kinkead's book was 0.125 with edges feathered down to 0.095 - 0.110 range. I suppose going to 0.100 across the board could impact tonality/resonance in a bad way, so more to consider than just h...

I agree, lots of options. I very much appreciate your input and sharing your designs. Seeing the X bracing pics, I'm already glad I joined this forum. Hopefully I can pay it forward some day and give a neophyte some helpful advice. I am a fan of the florentine cutaway and realize I can modify my exi...

Thanks, Freeman. Your build with the lutz spruce top and more dome than a flat top but less than a jazz archtop is very relevant to my design idea. Here's the background, I am a garage player and jam once a week with friends (in my garage). As a retiree I decided to build a cigar box guitar, gave it...

Learn something everyday, I didn't know there was laminated plates. Thanks for your input, something I will investigate.

I have a question that may offend archtop purists. Could a suitable arch be achieved by the arched bracing of the soundboard? Yes, I am trying to avoid hand carving the top. I built an OM acoustic per the plans in Jonathan Kinkead's book. The arch of the top - created by the bracing - is only 5/64 a...

Amazing work!! Thanks for the input and inspiration.

The plan is to carve the top and back. I haven't firmed up on wood types yet The OM style acoustic I built was sitka spruce top, sides and back were walnut. I had considered building the back the same as the OM (braced dome) and just carve the top.

Hi, new member here and about to start a new build. Would like to know if anyone here has a build similar to Guild T-50 Slim or Epiphone 1966 Century.. Those are my inspiration for this build, and I have never built an archtop. My builds have been two solid body electrics and an OM acoustic. Thanks!

Hi, joining the MMIF as I am about to build a slim hollow body - electric modeled after a Guild T-50 Slim I have previously built two solid body electric tricks and one acoustic styled on a Martin OM Question: the new build will have a P90 pickup so do I access electric guitar forum, or due to it be...