“You have to be the king of "F holes"!”  Can I actually claim that title?  ; )

Thanks for all of the wonderful comments!  No luthier school on my resume. 

The f-holes are drawn, traced with a knife, cut out with a rotary tool, and finished with files.

Danny

I think i relied too much on that belt sander, says a lot about my skill working with wood.

The sound is too metallic kind of( really nice acoustically though) , i think the pick up placement wasnt the best ill go in and put something between them the the bridge. I think ill boost the sound quality by building a 3rd of 4th degree low pass filter and pre amp.

Pickups are in parallel, the volume pot is really easy. I guess the electronics side comes more naturally to me, build quality and craftsmanship is were i lack.

Thanks for having a look, when my girlfriend gets back from vacation ill post a video of her playing.

G'day J.P

Just finished the build, photos are up.

Was admiring a few of your pictures, they look great.

G'day J.P,

Thanks for the welcome, as for the bridge its actually a dram handle with 2 peizos sitting right underneath. I can control the height of the bridge as well through the screws. 

This is just a pic of testing the pickups

Hi

From what you have said i cant see why the solder wont stick - is the solder your using Fluxed ? some solders need Flux  - are you able to solder the ends of the thicker wires with the solder you are using ?

things to check

• all the enamel coat is removed from the ends of the winding wire
• use either a fluxed solder or a solder and Flux

i also use 320 grit to remove the enamel from the winding wire but i use brass eyelets to solder my wires into - but i have tried the method you speak of in the past and i had no problems - fender have done it that way for years so it's a tried and tested method

well thats about all i can think of right now hope that helps

juju :)

hi mate

From what you have explained your doing the right thing - is the solder your using Fluxed ? some solders require flux - just trying to think out loud what could be stopping the solder joining the wires - dose the solder stick to the wires your trying to join to the Pickup ?

the only thing i do different to your method is i use brass eyelets to solder my wires into  but i have tried your method before and it worked just fine - the only other thing i can think of is your not cleaning all the enamel coating off the thin winding wire - i also use finishing Paper 320 grit to clean the enamel off the winding wire so everything your doing is right

i'd look towards the solder or cleaning the wires a bit more

Hope that helps mate

juju :)