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Though agree with what you said, we are only here for a short time. Someone else will own your instruments one day. That said, I have a 1969 Gibson that I bought new. You wouldn't hardly recognize...

After struggling to find some good flatpicking guitar discussions, I found this with google. I'm 70 and have struggled with the speed demons all my life. Now that I'm semi-retired and have more time...

That's a well thought out solution. I may try it someday, thanks for sharing it.

Maybe try it on a piece of wood. I've read on other forums or was it FB, that wood has enough moisture in it to help soften the glue. Sounds like hogwash but ... I led them straight to Frank Fords...

I found the long drill bit to be useful for stuff:-)

You should at least, be monitoring the RH in the room where you keep it. I suspect that living in the south, air-conditioning may come in to play. The better quality of the instrument, meaning...

That's got to be satisfying. Did you run it over with your truck first?

My first guitar I'm working belongs in that fire but I'm going to finish it anyway because I need to learn all the steps.

I used EVO on a recent Fender Strat refret and did not have any problems but I made sure the neck was flat and every fret pushed or tapped down to perfection and only have to deal with a couple of...

Glad to hear it was a success!

Yeah, I really haven't gone shopping in a long time and with the CNCs, they can probably even dial in some kind of tone and get them built for under $1K. I know a lot of new mandolin players like...

You can't make good cheap F5 mandolins. $2k is about the bare minimum I think. This kind of proves it.

I'm going with em6000 even though I had problems the last time I used it. I'm somewhat determined to make it work.

Been trying to get this done for a couple of years now. Between moving and repairs I haven't had much time but I'm on a roll now. The neck isn't attached I just put there for the photo. The inlay is...

not quite here

The top is the easiest and most fun part to build for me.

Isn't just a matter of straining the wax out of the shellac? Seems like I did that once a million years ago. I don't remember exactly what I used for straining.

Fantastic.

Same experience here. I may try it again some day but only on a guitar that I know is built with PVA. That stuff comes apart great with heat alone. But, steam works so well.

I agree with Marty and noticed it right away. This piece wood will not make an F5 mandolin. I start with minimum of 3/4".

Mandolins built with AR are fine, it's done all the time. Mandolins built with hide are finer, we think. I can't see creep being an issue on a mandolin, who said that? The head and tail block would...

That's the only thing I dislike about HHG, heating the parts. Small parts like braces and neck joints are fine but a guitar body is a PIA to heat up if you can't heat the whole room. I may get some...

That statement makes it very clear to me that I need to start up my glue pot again and maybe purchase some urea for closing tops and backs. I started using fresh Titebond Hide glue and I really like...

What a cod

Never mind, I went to the other link and all my questions were answered. Can't wait to build another mandolin.

I'm not sure what I was looking at on that link. Is that body and neck strictly for experimenting , is it just for testing the braces or are those exterior parts that the top and back get screwed to...