Acoustic Guitar Construction

Tony - your'e too funny! thanks again, Dave

Hi again guys, we'll try this photobucket post and see if it works - 3 shots of wood and sides bent. thanks for all of your input, have Siminoffs' book, will look for Somogyi's books, saw his video clip, very interesting...try this link to see brazillian in raw form, as backs and bent sides. I got s...

Hello out there in guitarland ! I'm thinking of building a double neck accoustic - jumbo body, zebra wood back & sides, sitka top with a 6 string 14 fret neck on top and a 12 fret 12 string on bottom, so the necks would be about the same overall length. Does anyone have experience with these ani...

Does any one have a source for clear pore filler? Saw it mentioned on the Taylor You-tube factory tour. Don't want to stain gorgeous figured wood. Planning to use nitro over it. Thanks, Dave

thanks Tony! I have enjoyed your other posts or replies throughout the forum especially one I saw the other day when you mentioned you were in the "thinking room". This is like "Sleepless in Seattle" for guitar builders. It's great to see guitars in progress. What do you think ma...

I posed this question on backs as well. Is there an optimum thickness for a finished top? I read the post on thinning the edge & it seems a good thing to do. Am starting to learn about tap tuning as well. It seems that the size of the bracing may have more to do with the sound than the thickness...

Just curious, has anyone experimented with using different thicknesses based on the the type of wood used for a back, or 3 pc vs 2pc. Would a thicker back "dull" the overall sound or is most of the actual
sound affected only by the top?