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I made an electric violin which was basically a single piece of wood and would like to make a fretless (could have painted frets) bass instrument in a similar fashion and I wonder if any one would have a pattern of such a thing

Does any one know of any non commercial groups of like minded electric guitar makers that meet every so often in the sydney area ?

Have seen them but most are for 2 humbuckers or up to 3 singles and want to use the pull switches may even want more pots for the single

This may be a big ask, I am going to attempt to make an electronic guitar with enough stuff to keep guitarist busy,I have two 4 wire humbuckers and a single, I have two(at the moment) 500k pots with switches(so can add resistors caps etc ) I have a 5 position lever switch and am looking for wiring d...

Who says that F is not my full name?

Has any one any tips on how to make a Sansula (which seems to be a kalimba mounted on a stretched skin) Would the skin be stretched on an open backed frame or closed? and how would the kalimba bit be stuck to the skin? This is so far just an idea floating round in my head. How to stretch the skin on...

Not too sure whether to make new questions added to the same post on same instrument or start new one, so I opted for the latter My commercially made bridge collapsed so I have decided to make one but this poses a question about the compensated bit,the one I had pair forward pair back pair forward p...

I am wondering and worried about pickup wiring,what happens when or if it goes bung after being sealed up in an A with F holes? Do you remove back or make a trapdoor in back or side? or remove back? what sort of glue should I use on back to make it repairable? have been using gorilla pva on the rest...

do you varnish or oil finish the inside of a mandolin? (I was thinking of doing the bit where I want to stick some piezo pickups.)
Tried google with the same question and got no where,just commercial makers waffling about their finishes and the odd one telling how to finish the outside.

On my violin the worm is away but it is still apparently wrong because clockwise tightens it.
I have the strings on the wrong side of the post as I originally thought clockwise to tighten.

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I am making a mandolin,have already made an electronic violin and a strum stick but have just discovered I may have the winders wrong. I have being trying to research but have found conflicting answers. do you turn anticlockwise to raise pitch or the other way,I have been arranging to turn clockwise...

Disclaimer - I don't play violin, don't own one, and have never made one. That is my problem till now, have made a strum stick and half made a mandolin. I saw someone had made a violin from a bit of 2x4 so I thought I would give it a go but he did not say much about rests. With that said... how abo...

Having got this far, any suggestions for a shoulder rest?

Cant play any instrument, just thought I should make one.

Has any one seen or have plans for an instrument that I have just seen which is made out of a piece of wood an inch square x the length of the instrument split at the end looks like vague drawing?

I was thinking of attempting to rebuild with new materials using existing as a guide but do you think it would be better to try repairing what is there keeping its character?

Thinking of trying to resurrect this Any suggestions? Am I taking on too much? https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/egv6uV0oY3bPYoHoDzZD9oJ5BOZ2X7cpqyeCeNMLQg8?feat=directlink https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/AgG0l4K9WkCNkykOkDtFHoJ5BOZ2X7cpqyeCeNMLQg8?feat=directlink https://picasaweb.google....