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Hey y'all, Got another interesting job I'd like some advice on. It's a 70s yamaha classical the current owner inherited from his father. At some point it developed a rather nasty top crack, to the point that I'm thinking the job would involve fresh spruce being applied in there. That's routine enough at least, albeit uncommon for New Zealand's climate in my experience so far. (Also open to suggestions on cleaning out the crack to accept…

Hi, does anyone have experience with Stainless steel fret wire on acoustic guitars or more specific on classical guitars? Up to now I only used the traditional Nickel/Silver fret wire but recognised that after a few months they start to get mat or tarnish despite polishing them. I wonder if that is because of the origin (Producing Company) of the fret wire or due to the alloy? During my search for fret wire that is not Sintoms and also av…

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Being new here, thought I would post an introduction. My name is Paul McGill Mcgillguitars.com I have been making guitars since 1976. I have lived and worked in Nashville since 1985 when I relocated here to work in the repair/restoration shop at Gruhn guitars. 410 Broadway, now a novelty shop. I was there a short time before commiting full time to guitar making as I had done prior to moving here. My main influence as a guitar maker was Ro…

Similar question to the one I had about the mandolin. I have a request for a non-intrusive pickup for a classical guitar. Anyone have a recommendation?

Hallo dear luthiers, maybe you have some tips or opinions for a repair in my shop. It is classical guitar with spanish heel. The neck collapsed into the soundboard. I will not be able to completely close the gaps in the soundboard by pressing. There is also a break in the foot. Do you think it is enough to reglue the braces etc, add something under the soundboard and fill the gaps with wood filler or is it structurally neccasary to add spl…

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Cheap classical guitar with plywood top. I re-glued a bridge on a pretty chewed up top, that then departed with bits of the next layer of plywood. I’m thinking the only way to salvage this is flood the plywood with CA to stabilize then epoxy the bridge. Kind thoughts only please. This is freebie work for a community center.

I just wanted to put in a plug for classicalguitartuners.com and Zebulon Turrentine. I was looking for some single classical tuners for a 7 string project and found his website. I was a little confused at first because he catalogs all the available tuners including ones that he doesn't sell but he supplies Der Jung (from Korea) and Gotoh tuners among others. I believe he can also get steel string tuners. The service and shipping…

I am a relatively new ”looth”…an amateur/hobbyist at this point, but have recently retired and plan to do much more in retirement. One thing that I am needing at this point is to equip my shop with some better vises and other work-holding equipment. So far I have just used a parrot vise, which has been okay (but not great) for the work I have done so far. I was about to invest in StewMac’s classic Guitar Repair Vise, but one thing I’m r…

@member @member I have a question for you. I'm starting to measure spruce for a couple of classical guitars I'm going to make. I used structured sides (I'm calling them cored) on one of my last guitars and it came out notably great. I accidentally thinned the top more than I might have and it seemed to work very well. My thought is that the sides are so stiff that it's allowing the top to survive structurally even…