Steel Guitar Builder

Hi I posted this in the introductions section before you posted this here. I've copied and pasted from there to here - I used to be an electronics tech. / engineer, the basic method of fault finding a circuit is to cut the problem in half, see what half the problem remains in, cut that in half etc u...

Hi Halldor, Looks really interesting what you are doing here :) I'm no expert but in my experience with op amp ccts the op amp itself is generally not the cause of the noise but amplifies the noise present in the circuit. Looking at your circuit and looking at the circuits in Ed's post, the op amp b...

Shaping up really nicely. The last picture looks a bit ruff though

Who could resist these big eyes

Ron, that is looking really nice. Solid and pretty

Where did you purchase the inlays?

Never thought of that, but now that you mention it, I've been looking for another line apart from - but it's an investment dear, think of all the fancy shaped shelves you could have

Now it'll be - well Ron says

Thanks Ron. I'll probably go for it, need to square it with the missus first

Fanatastic, if it was a woman it would be Brigitte Bardot

Thanks very much Richard :) There's still a bit of sanding to do, the "frets" are still slightly proud and a bit rough. It worked out better than I expected and was relatively straight forward to do. Surgical gloves saved me from glueing my fingers together :geek: I probably won't finish this off un...

Thanks Ron, I'm planning on using a dark veneer to mark the "frets" to give a contrast to the maple. Initially I was thinking on using a thicker veneer or a thin board to get more of an effect but I think I may go for a thin veneer around 0.6mm. I have been trying this out on an old bass (Vox White ...

I've drawn up a rough sketch, just need to firm up on actual sizes and draw some full scale plans. Hopefully I'll have this done before next payday so I can get the wood ordered up.