At the end, I have started to work a little more on the appearance of details, before the function has been in focus. The upper saddle now receives a little extra care so that the strings do not lie too deep in the string groove. Polishes a little extra to get it shiny too. Lower string height of 1st just slightly higher than from a zero band. Working more…
A slightly finer Levin parlor from 1919 is ready. Wide rim and finer inlays in the fingerboard of rosewood. On the not too unusual label with Ungdomsstjärnan's publisher, it says no: 13, which should be the model number. In addition to the neck getting a kiss and the fretboard breaking the lid at the sound hole with a few pieces away, it was in…
Finished a nice Levin from 1935. The model is 240, but I usually call it the "Robert Johnsson model" as it is almost a copy of his famous Gibson L-1 from 1926-1930. It had a fixed stable per se, while Levinen has a floating stable and string holder. Solid mahogany at the bottom and side, three-part maple neck with…
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Load a new method on the site. Describes how I do to reuse a soft black lacquered original on an Old Gura. A 1905 Levin.
Do overside saddles and sometimes check online what others are doing. Music Man has oversaddle tuning on their instruments and Earvana sells loose intoned oversaddles. Both are in plastic and the intonation is never as good as it can as each instrument is unique, only if you measure as I do it will be really good (and of course bones…
