Niiiiccccee. You don’t deserve it, but NICE.
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Can’t argue with either of those statements 
Although I finally found the stud detector the other day in boxes and I can’t get within a foot of the damned thing without it going nuts. Weird part is there aren’t even batteries in it 
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Yeah I know the feeling. It’s terrible to be us, ain’t it.
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It’s a blessing and a curse…
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Man, I wish you were closer to Oklahoma. Next weekend is gonna epic. Would be cool to meet up with the other half of the Mike & Slick Comedy Hour.
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Yeah I’ve been following the planning thread and possibly for the first time in my life wished I lived in/near OK. Looks like a good time.
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Sorry to post this y’all but I can’t find the one from way back when I was posting videos…
First time recording in years… Had a buddy decide life wasn’t his style… Dude was the other half of me for 27 years… Don’t laugh lol I almost started crying and told myself to suck it up lol
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Toasty! I feel your pain friend! You did your Buddy proud! Life has a way of kicking us in the balls when we least expect it! “Love is the key to happiness”… And sorrow! Well done @toastyjakes
With my neurological condition I could not play guitar (so no body has to scroll up to catch the back story) as it hurt my arm and where it contacted my body. Found out that I can play (play? Hah! Still need to learn my first tune), that is practice, using a Stratocaster type guitar with the arm and body bevels. So I have a goal, build a practice guitar that is light weight. Did that and I have a Telecaster with the bevels which is all made of spruce and the body chambered to shed even a few more oz’s. But darn it I want an acoustic to practice with.
I won’t go through all the pictures, made the body out of spruce and bent the top for an arm bevel.
Got the box closed up and took a saw to the belly cut area.
glued in some kerfed lining and shaped it into a pleasing shape. Then I bent a section of the top I cut off. Multiple compound curves, I am surprised it all worked out. Just need it to set for the night and tomorrow I will try to figure out how to glue it on.
Will be happy to see the box finished so I can start cleaning up (You mean everyone does not work on the last six inches of the bench?) and start on the neck.
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Good stuff @bunny !!! You do great work! I have a few koa sets for ukulele. And a wonderful mango set too. I have a box of parts for the bender that has been sitting way too long. One day !!!
“One day soon!!!”
I have a ukulele sized body (think it is a tenor) that I made a six string neck for but think I will make a regular uke out of it. I plugged the tuner holes and was going to try wooden pegs with it.
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If you have the nut wide enough, Id love a pint sized 6string! If Im not mistaken you may have a stack of parlor size builds somewhere? Thats where I was headed starting with the ukes.
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I have made up a few small guitars and then changed to a Martin size 5 form to build the last few. They got stalled while I made up the electric and now this acoustic for myself. I am going to start a dreadnought once I clean up my shop so I can build it for my niece’s husband before Christmas. I probably should finish the one in the picture I am making for my brother.
There, got the sentence finished. The keyboard for my other computer locked up and I can’t get it going. Good thing I have this clunker of a computer as a spare.
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Lucky guy, your niece’s husband! Please post some progress shots when time comes. Seems you just used up the last 6 inches of your workbench! Lol. I have a GA19rvt spread across mine atm. She’s sounding pretty good now… waiting for the cab to return. Owner getting a cover made for it. I cant really hear how well ,or not, the reverb sounds with the speaker naked on the bench.
So you get the electronic side of it also, then I will share a project I finally got back to. A four pole switch changes this from a 5E3 to a Blackface channel and a Tweed channel. I want to add reverb to it yet. Oh good, a reboot of the computer got my keyboard working, back to the other one.
Still trouble, tomorrow then.
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Messed up on the fit so I had to fill in some gaps. I could inlay splints so that it would not be as noticeable but not sure if it is worth the effort. The bevelled portion does feel comfortable.
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Nice work there bunny.
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Thank you.
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That’s awesome @bunny I have been playing for about 35 years. Best thing I ever learned to do accept gardening.
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I have had a number of things stopping me from playing over the years, wish I did not put it aside in each case, always putting it off until later.
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