Has anyone tried to use South American Ironwood (IPE) for back and sides in guitar building? I realize that this stuff is VERY hard (twice as hard as walnut)...
I've used it for a bridge. It's dense. It seems to cut well, but sanding it is a little tough. I have to do a lot of carving for the bridge and it worked...
i'm not sure if iornwood is the same as iornbark, but i have used it (iornbark) for a fretboard. i think they are the same. it is very durable, but as an...
here's a link below to the bridge I made our of it. It's not bolted down, as those are bridge bolts I was using for intontaition. After you put oil, or a...
Vince........ Thanks for the info. Nice work!!......... Stuart ... -- Stuart Gold 19861 Buck Ridge Road Grass Valley, Ca 95949 530-346-6942 510-912-2286 (cell)...
I am currently building my first Guitar. It is from a Martin 000 custom kit. I find the manual to be inadequate to say the least. After buying and reading many...
Stuart, I'm scratch building a 000. Stewart-McDonald (www.stewmac.com)Has a similar kit and the manual is very specific, and available through the website (on...
Hello All, I want to replace the tuners on a electric guitar I recently purchaced. The guitar has a chambered body which makes it extremely neck heavy. Does...
I'm at the point where I am installing the side bracing pieces on my first guitar. I started to read some of the guitar building books that I had and to my...
Put them where ever you have seen guitars tend to develop cracks. Lower bouts on either side of max bend and at outside of upper and lower if you are concerned...
I don't have a set pattern or formula on side bracing. In fact, I really don't have set formula on anything I do on my guitars when I think about it. The key...
I agree with Vince....though on my guitars (classical) I do have a set pattern. Where sides are bent, there is a tension and strength put into the wood by the...
One more thing I forgot to mention.....I use Spruce for side supports. Ironwood seems a bit overkill to me. Use something light, strong and stable....Spruce,...
i guess my only input to this would be mini tuners may weigh less than regular sized ones. or ones with plastic knobs versus metal ones. how about the vintage...
I have a bunch of cedar shingles roughly 5" X 18" and about 1/8". They are quartered and many of them seem to have excellent tap tone. They aren't long enough...
To be successful, you need to do what the successful people do! It's really that simple. Here are what I've found to be the 6 pillars of business success. ...
some good advice thanks Dora Escano <doraescano@...> wrote: To be successful, you need to do what the successful people do! It's really that simple....
Hmmmm...Part of me thinks this fall into the "just because you can, doesn't mean you should" category. Then again "...nothing ventured, nothing gained" also...
On Friday, Aug. 28th, 1998, I finally achieved what I had dreamed about and worked toward for some time. No, cashing that week's paycheck wasn't what I had...
There are countless books, tapes and seminars devoted to harnessing the desire to make more money. By and large they all have something worthwhile to say and...
I have two Martins ( a 1984 HD-28 and an 2003 OM-35) If you look inside the bodies at the Indian Rosewood sides and backs, they don't look too dissimilar( the...
Hi Stuart, I've heard or read somewhere that sometimes Martin will use a dark stain on some Rosewoods. I can't tell you this for a fact, but I almost swear...
Vince wrote: <<I've heard or read somewhere that sometimes Martin will use a dark stain on some Rosewoods. I can't tell you this for a fact, but I almost...
All, A friend who builds experimental airplanes as well as his own propellers for them, shared with me pictures of a duplicator machine he built. Among other...
Hi everybody, I used the sidebender again last week and this tim eit worked much better - so thanks once more for the good tips. My conclusions are: I didn't...
Hello all, I have no prior experience in luthier-craft, but hope to begin by making an (electric) guitar using Melvyn Hiscock's book. I m currently at the...
Hello, there are several factors involved....wood, finish, bridge and nut, among others.....but in my experience, by far the biggest factors contributing to...
Hi,I'm new here and would like to hear from experienced people on guitar repair,mainly refinishing.What is the best commercially available solvent I can use to...
