Acoustic Guitar Construction

I decided to make marquetry purfling for this guitar after seeing a Santos Hernandez from the 30's come into the shop https://i.imgur.com/6wYWd8Wl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/6Auy0bAl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/2x20B7wl.jpg Fretboard glued https://i.imgur.com/FhosxM6l.jpg Then the bridge meets the top http...

Hello all, I recently became reacquainted with this forum after many years of inactivity and thought I'd share one of my recent builds. I had joined this forum 10 years ago when I was 15 after having purchased a binding jig from the late Ken C. After years of building on my own, learning from books ...

looks nice, tony. The different colour ball ends of strings on D'addario's drive me crazy though :D

Mike doolins (aka Jeff Elliot's) is really nice. He has small pins that hold the ball of the string but it keeps with the look of a pinned bridge. Mikes a nice person and seems very willing to share his knowledge. It might be worth emailing him.

TonyinNYC wrote: Might upgrade to a Hock blade one day but for now, for the amount of use it sees each year, I am good.

Thats like putting a ferrari engine in a Pinto. ;)

TonyinNYC wrote:
Just busting your chops Brian!

Likewise


But seriously if you ever get a chance to use a high quality plane you'll see that it just works better due to thicker casting and the additional weight due to the casting

I guess, to be more specific Tony, you - mi amigo, mon ami, - have forced me to say the following: a better plane does a better job, and does it more easily. That's it, I'm done, what works for you works for you, I'm just sayin'. I really don't want to upset a French Artiste! :-) You are on my poop...