Acoustic Guitar Construction

Dave , I was thinking about this keyhead , being less of a mass would it be possible that it would lead to more sustain in the instrument?

That's a very interesting keyhead , im not sure I like it or not lol never the less very interesting design.

What is stronger doing it this way or cutting neck profile from a single board and gluing together three or more pieces?

Hi everyone , I have my first neck made but not complete, this is going on an archtop guitar . I used walnut for the center and oak on each side of the walnut with figured maple on the wings of the keyhead , it will be a 14 fret to the body , since I don't have a fret rule im coping the scale from m...

I just ordered this book also , having built violins before I can see the relationship between the two .

Was wondering if anyone has ever tried a heat gun for bending sides? Heat could be pin pointed right where you want it , it could blow directly on the wood or be mounted to heat a pipe up to desired temps.Temps range from warm to super hot 250 degrees to 1500 degrees some even have a direct heat set...

Guitar sounds nice , I like it