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Yes, they should be. Your labor, of course, is not, nor can you deduct the cost of the tools. I’m a retired Enrolled Agent.

I’ll take a chance.

Glad to see it back up!

Forum was inaccessible to me for a couple days, now I get a warning that the site may be a phony trying to steal passwords, et c. The warning says some certificate has expired and may not be safe. Charlie, are you taking care of this?

You may want to check the pickup makers forum https://music-electronics-forum.com/for ... kup-makers.

You can use a “tea” from quebracho extract, which is high in tannins and used in tanning.

Kasha was a biochemist and did not appear to have any training in acoustics. He subscribed to the theory that the bass side and treble side of the soundboard were considered separate treble and bass zones and that his odd bridge would match impedances to the respective sides.

I would take another piece of rod of the same diameter--perhaps an off cut from the one you want to notch, if you had to cut it to length--clamp them in a drill press vice, or perhaps in a 1 1/2 inch slot it a piece of lumber and drill your hole dead center between them, et voila' a half hole notch ...

Yes, the end result is that he restored a mediocre guitar to playability. It's even possible that his addition of a couple layers of veneer to that neck may have made it better, if it was anything like the neck on my C-1. It may even sound better than it did out of the factory.

So it does not mean "Congenital Rubella Syndrome"...

Well, I have to agree, Max that adding rosewood veneer to the neck because he neglected to consider the thickness of the top is a bad move, but once he got that far into it he didn't have much of a choice but to make up for that mistake somehow. It would have been better, perhaps, to adjust the unde...

Hey Chuck, nice job on that classical!

Another possibility is redwood siding which is usually quartersawn, or you may be able to choose a quartersawn piece from redwood at your local box store. I used redwood for a Savart viola, and found it performed well.

Damn! That kid really did a number on that top. Sorry I can't offer any advice about repairing, but it's a shame you couldn't get him to pay for that. That's totally irresponsible behavior.

Pretty clever use of noodles and glue to fill in that hole in the soundboard. Why put the tuners on upside down though?

Since the switch controls other lights it might not be desirable to put ceiling outlets in the cans. Since the fixtures have to accommodate ceiling materials of various thicknesses, the cans are adjustable in height within the bracket. If you remove some screws, you should be able to drop the cans t...

Is there some kind of remote control switch that could replace the switch controlling the cans? If so, then that would be the easy way to control the can lights from "your" side of the wall. I think I may have seen something like this on "This Old House".

I don't have experience with your situation, but I would venture to say that if it seems stiff enough to you and has the tap tone you desire I'd think you could leave it unbraced regardless of its thickness.

I pulled out the plans for the Selmer models and compared the longitudinal "arch" of the top in each. It is drawn as I thought: there is no real "arch", but instead, the side view of the top rises in a straight line from neck block to pliage, then falls from pliage to but in a st...

How on earth did they maintain their reputation?

Did they??