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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on May 3, 2018 at 12:08pm

Hi Hans, yep that bracing looks far better, and I notice you have put a reinforcing cleat on top of the joint. Even Martin and Gibson only glue a piece of rag glued over that joint. Nothing wrong with doing the job properly.

I have been asked in the past why I spend so much time and care with the inside of an instrument, my answer is, one day somebody may open this up for a repair and my name is on the label.

Regarding your daughter, you could try what did and have her working along side you on some sort of project, maybe not all the time but something is better than nothing.

Nice clean work.

Taff

 

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Permalink Reply by Hans on May 4, 2018 at 4:09am

Thanks, Taff, your advice was really helpful.

And yes, I tried that too, doing woodwork together with my daughter. But there are three problems: 1) My workshop is tiny (it's actually not really a workshop but a very small windowless storeroom I jammed an old table into to work on (I had to saw off a good part of the tabletop to be able to even fit it into the room...). 2) She looses interest in woodworking pretty quickly. And 3) one of the things I love about building guitars is that it's a loner activity... I guess I'll just have to handle this addiction the way some people deal with their penchant for alcohol: alternating between periods of total abstinence and bingeing...

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Permalink Reply by JB on May 3, 2018 at 12:05pm

Sweet looking!! Bet it ends up sounding great!!!

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Permalink Reply by Korrigan on May 3, 2018 at 1:07pm

It's looking really good Hans!

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Permalink Reply by Hans on May 6, 2018 at 10:11am

Almost done:

The only thing left to do is setting up the action by lowering the bridge and filing two of the slots in the nut a little deeper... And waiting for those nylon strings to get used to the tension so they stay in tune for more than five minutes...

Sounds nice!

More pictures and details soon.

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on May 6, 2018 at 10:27am

A really classy looking guitar, well done

Taff

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Permalink Reply by JB on May 6, 2018 at 10:30am

Very cool!!! I'm paypal ready :) :) 

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Permalink Reply by Korrigan on May 6, 2018 at 11:51am

Awesome work Hans, looks fantastic!

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Permalink Reply by Hans on May 7, 2018 at 10:20am

Thanks, guys!

I don't sell my guitars, JB, I just buid them for my own pleasure. But I'm honored that you start thinking about paypal when seeing my guitar...

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Permalink Reply by JB on May 7, 2018 at 10:59am

:) :) 

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Permalink Reply by Kigar on May 7, 2018 at 1:25pm

It came out terrific Hans. Congrats!

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Permalink Reply by Hans on May 8, 2018 at 10:32am

Mission accomplished! The neck-around six string tin guitar is finished! And she sounds really good.

Thanks so much for all the great advice, encouragement and inspiration, guys! And for the fun I had with this thread.

I just posted lots of pictures and a blog post about this sweet guitar...

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