Acoustic Guitar Construction

Really nice looking banjo!
I have a couple nice banjos and an old one from my grandfather that I toy with the idea of fixing up and converting to nylon strings.

Banjo joke time: (1) letter to the editor in the Shoe cartoon strip 'how many strings does a banjo have?' Editor's answer: 'Five too many'. (2) Stage joke from a longtime banjo picker I knew, 'How long does it take to tune a banjo? No one knows' (1) banjo players spend half the time tuning and half...

The woods look nice to me

I like the rosette as well, similar style to me first rosette (all of a month ago )

Scott

I have recently been researching the same thing. I read about using a jig to bend the brace to the correct curve, then plane it and when released is should be planed in the correct radius. I am building my first ground up guitar with a luthier in the city and used a ships plane. I found one used for...

I am wondering if anyone else uses a raubank (pointing plane??) upside down in a vase and running to boards along the plane? I am building with a luthier who uses this method, and I found one for 30€ used, plus an hour tuning it up. I have joined a ukulele and a guitar top with pretty good results (...