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Are tunings pegs ever coated?
Thanks Alfaraby!
I suspected that avoiding grease stains was mainly about wood choice but it's go ... |
3-13-2017 at 02:10 AM
by: Parabellum1262 |
Are tunings pegs ever coated?
I varnish pegs to protect them from finger grease stains but I keep the varnish off the shaft of the ... |
3-12-2017 at 01:55 AM
by: Parabellum1262 |
Round two - more disasters!
After giving up on the completely unworkable delaminated plywood, I realised that I had actually had ... |
12-8-2016 at 11:31 PM
by: Parabellum1262 |
Building a second budget lute - rib bending disasters!
Some of you may have seen my "building a budget lute" post. It was my first lute, built with afforda ... |
11-17-2016 at 07:34 PM
by: Parabellum1262 |
Building a budget lute
The neck was made from four separate pieces which allowed me to glue them together in a slightly mor ... |
12-6-2015 at 04:42 PM
by: Parabellum1262 |
Lute construction part 3
This first photo shows a poor man's lathe. It worked fine, but the chuck proved to be flimsy. The L- ... |
12-1-2015 at 04:50 AM
by: Parabellum1262 |
Lute construction part 2
The first photo shows how I made the soundboard - sawing a Western Red Cedar lining board in half. B ... |
12-1-2015 at 04:36 AM
by: Parabellum1262 |
Lute construction part 1
First photo shows the pine neck block and MDF mould. The two screws kept the neck mould nice and sta ... |
12-1-2015 at 04:28 AM
by: Parabellum1262 |
Building a budget lute
Thanks John! Segerman's review was really helpful in clearing up ambiguities. For example, Harwood m ... |
7-5-2015 at 04:12 AM
by: Parabellum1262 |
Building a budget lute
For anybody building their first lute who like me, lacks knowledge and experience, [i]Making musical ... |
7-3-2015 at 05:25 AM
by: Parabellum1262 |
Building a budget lute
Six months ago, I finished building my first lute - the first instrument I have built that has a goo ... |
7-3-2015 at 02:26 AM
by: Parabellum1262 |
Lute fingerboard finish - frets are scraping the varnish off!
Thanks John - what you've said makes an awful lot of sense. With how much pressure the frets exert o ... |
1-20-2015 at 05:25 PM
by: Parabellum1262 |
Lute fingerboard finish - frets are scraping the varnish off!
I'm having a bit of trouble fretting my budget home-made lute. The nylon frets don't lay flat on the ... |
1-20-2015 at 06:15 AM
by: Parabellum1262 |
