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Thanks!

I haven't played very frequently for over 25 years, but an empty nest and being laid-off cleared some time . I just posted another example without the capo, and practicing some finger style:

https://youtu.be/TF17Ssjv1DM?si=lCughEAyYvoxEGWv


Take care!

That's super! Maybe some 'mates' to that lone chair will show up, too ?

In review, I made one of the smaller guitar sizes so that the guitar sound is in a different part of the spectrum from my voice. I've had a cold for the last few days.

If not "enjoy", then "politely tolerate"!

https://youtu.be/zn42VB5eR2A?si=LkQS_snD10XEX5Gb

Thank you! Knowing myself, another build could happen in the future. It's always true that one can see ways to improve! Regarding trimming pieces to fit (after the assembly), part of this was due to my parsimony and stubbornness. I never made molds for the guitar body, so I was a bit lower in materi...

I had to do a lot of learning on (re-) fretting. Here, correct tools are really key. Fortunately, not too expensive. The main thing I found helpful was getting the fret wire, fret press blanks, and fret sanding blocks all at the same (14") radius. That took care of many problems. Out of 18 fret...

Thanks! I'm just starting some frets, and the slot depth is fussier than I had expected. Just some more learning to do. I decided to string the thing up with just 3-4 frets installed. It actually does play pretty decent first-position chords. Further work on the nut height (which is currently shimme...

It's a fantastic gift! Well done.

Hi Ed, As it is I don't have a lot of expertise. In fact I have a lot of fear since there's even some lore about non-truss-rod Martin guitars having their neck curvatures adjusted by the insertion of different fret widths within a given width of wood slot(s)! So... (1) is just by eyeball. (2.). is c...

Continuing on; The scarf-jointed angled headstock has visible glue lines and non-matching woods. So, a cover veneer is needed -- glued on, and then later trimmed to shape: IMG_7372.jpeg The rosewood fingerboard needs about 17-18 fine slots with the finest saw I have. I made up a custom little miter ...

Some more incremental work... For the guitar neck, the compound dovetail joint is super fussy and has a lot of positional "degrees of freedom" depending on which of the several joint surfaces is shaved or shimmed. I worked a good while to at least get the neck wood to be in the correct pla...