Finished an old European guitar, probably from the 1890s. A guitar from "The Waiting Room" I bought myself. I think it came from a collector in Germany. Good condition except that almost all of one side was cracked. It can be seen that it was a good builder, all measurements of thicknesses were exactly right and the rosette was...
Has done several oversadon intonations and measured each individual guitar. My experience tells me that there is no mathematical equation that applies to all guitars, each intonation is a little different. Therefore, you have to measure again every time. One thing that is disturbing is that the measured measurements to the intonation point on the stable leg did not match so…
Took some pictures of the latest neck warm-up. Sometimes a neck is just a little bent and instead of making a difficult neck turnover with all that entails, it may be enough to just warm and straighten it. The principle is that wood is a bit plastic in nature. Lignin and hemicellulose between the fibers become soft…
