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Thank you John!

Too late to switch from the tubes , (I have a lot of those from you ).... but these look good.

Great! I got that "Ah, yeah, of course!", moment when I saw what you'd done, but the penny would never have dropped without watching your video. Thank you.

What blanket do you use?

This is a great idea! I was planning on doing a build with a cedar top but could only find sets that are not wide enough. I may just order it anyway and give this technique a try. The way I see it, if the difference is noticeable I can always route for purfling to cover it up and still have wood underneath it to keep it structurally sound.

Per John's suggestion, I did this last year with an Adirondack Spruce top I bought from John, to make it wide enough for my Jumbo build. Worked beautifully and I added a few cleats, just because--mostly because I needed to learn how.

I have made some 4 piece tops in a similar fashion. Difficult to spot and making the red spruce that i bought for not much work.

Thanks!

Great tip. Thanks John.

Mr Hall what a treat to watch you work. I started building guitars with Mike Davis in missouri. Mike talkes very highly of you. Ive only been at it with Mike for 3 days now. Alot of info. To. Unsorte but so cool. IM Mainly an electric player and own 2 acoustics but being in the build of it now im totally excited to learn. And the history is just amazing on the different makers

we will also an update on modification to the bender so the 3 piece fits the old machine

The Pragmatic Luthier sent me here for some instruction. I have been instructed! Many Thanks!

Great video, Very helpful. Thanks for making it!

Nice shop,wish I’d known more about making guitars early on. It’s a very satisfying line of work.

Thank you John for the making of This video.

At 15:30 you mention that when cutting a specific wood you want to adjust the router speed so the ‘heat’ goes into the chip instead of the top, back, sides or the cutter. What do you mean by the chip?

this is the actualk piece that I used for the ASIA Symposium , those that attended , you can now see the process at it actually happened

If I understood that correctly, I think the layout was: stain, shellac, 3 x aquacoat, shellac, nitro for the body, and just shellac + nitro for the top. Which sounds pretty ideal to me, but I wonder wat alternatives there are to aquacoat for the people who are a bit leery of it.

good video, I've had a guitar with a lifted bridge that I haven't been able to play in nearly 8yrs so i'm gonna go for it

It is nice to see how you layer your sealer and filler. What type of shellac flakes do you use? Do you use a clear Aqua Cote filler?

Awesome, I have heard mixed reviews on the aqua coat,I haven't had the balls to try it because of the reviews after seeing it does work pretty well I'm gonna try it so thanks again

Thank you . great info

the machine is designed for the ridgid none of the small routers will fit.

Thank you for the great video.

Great video John !

Do you know of a kit to recreate his 12 fret D28?

Would you reccomened anything other than windex? Its not readily available here in the UK. Cheers

I've talked to ya on the phone and I'm email I was supposed to come and by a bending machine from u last April but rest assured I'll be coming up this tax time,, I'm Mike from York county

Thank you Mr. Hall for your Expertise .

side thickness?

Expert tips, thank you John Hall for making this video!

Thanks for telling us what kind of glue

Brilliant ,.... not sure why I did'n come up wit this myself , but sure glad John did and shared it.

Very cool idea! Do you set it to the desired finished radius, or a bit more, to handle the top/back wanting to stay flat?

Cool

I love jig videos.

Fit the nut in the slot tight and there's no need for glue... No time wasted on it drying..... Keep on working.... Get it done.

Thank you John.

Very cool, John!

Hello please tell me why you use windex instead of water? Does it make the wood relax or prevent staining?

Hi John. Do you recommend a ‘corded’ trim router or a battery operated (cordless) for this task? Thank you

At 1:00 you said, “I jointed the edge so I know my edge is true”. Ken Parker uses what’s called a “Spring Joint” when he joins his top and back plates on a shooting board with his no. 8 Stanley plane. As you know, a spring joint is where the plates are planned in such a way where a slight gap remains in the center. The top and/or back is then clamped together with the center clamp(s) used to close the remaining gap. This ensures that both the outer edges of the top and back plates never separate due to changes in humidity. Of course Ken builds archtops and not acoustic guitars but was wondering if you recommend this method for use in joining acoustic guitar tops and backs? Below is the video link of Ken Parker explaining the use of the spring joint starting the process at 11:15 but I recommend watching the whole video in order to connect all the dots. Thank you John! ruclips.net/video/uBDwFnex71k/видео.htmlsi=sfVcBrNiWyPf4Wtk

John, did you ever try the hand method using a gramil? Just curious if using a gramil is another viable alternative?

Hi John, are there any plans on how to build that binding jig? I like your method versus rotating the guitar body around the fixed router position.

Thank you cool video!

By wet paper do you mean you had wet wax paper?

I pray my guitar never falls into the hands of this man. Lol

Thank you John for letting people know that you can rough out your saddle without an expensive thickness sander .. I already knew this , howevits great to see people post this on the web .... I have learned a lot from you over the years... thanks for posting all your videos... BTW, your video that explains how to set dovetail necks is the the best on the web .... and thanks to you I would rather set a dovetail neck than a mortise and tenon ...bolt on ... Because you don't have to bolt it on to check neck angle over and over ... I also use a sanding block to do the job like you show . And chalk instead of carbon paper .. it's so fast .... Now as a luthier I'm the only one doing neck resets that all the local luthiers shy away from.

Mr John. I’m fixing to be bending maple sides. Right now I have it right under .100 . Should I get it thinner? I’m Super nervous about it