Looking forward to seeing shots of the finished project. Thanks for posting.
Looking forward to seeing shots of the finished project. Thanks for posting.
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Here's a Japanese Biwa I've just finished doing some repair and restoration work on:
I am a luthier specialising in historical and world stringed instruments. You can see more info at my website.
Amazing to see how many different styles and shapes there are. Cool items
Not vintage at all, but it's very pretty and the client loves it to death...
2018 Gibson Firebird Elite just needed new strings and a setup.
He's very happy with it now.
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Nice walnut!
Bob, that back is beautiful!... congrats on another beautiful flat top. I'm coming to the end of my second.
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'Seems like it is the year of old F4s around here. Here is another beautiful one with original inlaid tuner Handel buttons in for a visit and some bench time.
'Nice maple back old F4 in for a visit:
Hey Steve,
Thanks for posting these. I am a great fan of piccolo mandolins and believe that if more people had a chance to try them, they would become more popular (the instruments, not necessarily the people, but who knows?). These two are quite beautiful and offer a great opportunity to get a piccolo, if someone is looking (assuming they are not already spoken for).
Looks like you have gone with the Nugget tailpiece. I normally don't use that on my piccolo builds only because I'm trying to keep the price down, but it is my favorite tailpiece when I can splurge a little. It fits in nicely on these smaller instruments and is super easy for string changes. Most other quality tailpieces just look a little too big on these (my opinion only).
What is the wood on the darker-backed one? I like it a lot.
Best wishes, Bob
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Bob,
I used the Nugget tailpiece for that reason. Scale. It fits nicely with the size of these little things. The others just look way too big. The dark one is Koa with German Spruce top. The other is Maple and Cedar. Still have not worked out cases. I posted videos with sound on my Facebook page if you care to hear them.
Last edited by Bob Clark; Jul-07-2021 at 10:11pm. Reason: Derailment avoidance
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Fabbed up a new bone nut on a 7 string electric.
That injection molded chunk of chewing gum was grabbing the strings and made tuning a real problem.
No more! Looks better and sure works better!
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“Injection molded chunk of chewing gum” Bwahahahha that is appropriate and funny as heck!
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Glad you liked it, John. The guitar had other problems, but it's all smoothed out and playing fine now...“Injection molded chunk of chewing gum” Bwahahahha that is appropriate and funny as heck!
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