I once was pondering….

What is the plan for when you hang up your work boots?

Escape your comfort zone and learn new skills.

Sign up to guitar making school and make a mandolin, wellwhy not?...

 

They hadn’t made one before either!

 

Mentally - BE PRESENT, BE PATIENT, BREATHE ….

 

The addiction begins,

                                feeling a sharp chisel gliding through aspruce brace,

                          seeing the curls of fresh timber rise from thehand plane,

                                 inlaying the pieces to create a sharp lookingrosette,

                                        carving a comfortable feeling instrument neck,

                                                                                              sanding,

                                                              finishing and then assembling.

 

Technical

           …Sharpen the implements, chisels, plane blades, card scrapers,

             and clean the saws and drill bits.

 

Explore the use of body moulds and the traditional solera.

Bolt on neck, Spanish heel, applicable neck angles, stringheights, scale lengths, and various tunings.

 

What about a classical guitar?

Maybe a Tenor Guitar?

Howabout a Ukulele?

 

Trust your skills add a cutaway to the design, try a new latticebracing system, pay homage to builders from the past by re-booting their designs.

 

Simply have a go,

                           feel the floor beneath your feet,

                                                                          and relax.