Mock lute done

Well gosh darn and blimey, it’s done. The C and E strings are doubled and that is a revelation - I love the tuning and the six strings. 

Its geometry fought me during the build but I prevailed. 

I watched a video of a builder making bowl backed instruments and thought I understood it, but I had to use some force to get it together. The contrasting wood is walnut. 



My customer asked for one thing in the first email, that the peghead would have a less acute angle. Guess what, I forgot. So sorry David, there will be a discount!



I used a guitar bridge pin as an end pin to get the right scale. 

Slow but unsteady

We’re having the worst heatwave I can remember. I have to stay in the shade and take it as easy as possible. But I made the bridge (twice) and glued it on (twice). I started finishing (twice) and stripped off the finish (once). 

And I made the six holes and reamed them for the set of Wittner Fein tuners I got from Germany. More about them later. 



And I took my Dobro tenor guitar apart to service it some. I wanted to make a bone nut and try different strings. Now it sounds better but I might change the strings to get a wee bit more tension on the cone. 



Here’s the saddle slot in the spider, it was super rough so I trued it up and recessed the screw. 

Vacation time, continued

I’m back in Sweden, at the summer house with the best view. I brought the mock lute and a set of tools that’ll let me finish it. If all goes well..!