I had already mentioned about the end of this project in my DIY series. To tell the story of how these instruments got to this stage we have to go back to last year. One of these fell from the table and the sound board broke. It was bad so I had to replace it. When I started doing the job, I found out that the neck was bent at an angle with the body. It is a bad angle since the action of the strings would be too high to be comfortable. So, I kept this mistake inside the closet.
Jumping forward to the other one, it had the same mistake. I tried to fix it, but it turns out that if you don't laminate your sides, it is really hard to do any work on an instrument to fix this angle.
Therefore, the best option was to cut the neck out of the body and save that part for new builds. So, without hesitation, I took on the saw and started doing the job. It took some time. The idea was to keep the necks as intact as possible. In the end, some of the heel got cut away, but that just means the bodies of the instruments I make with these necks will be thinner. No worries there.
Then, I took the time to take in what I was doing and the work. It turns out that a year ago, I wouldn't have dared to try such thing. What has changed? For starters, more confidence in my skills as a luthier. For the time being, I'm working on some repairs and enjoying my time learning about fixes.
I'll start getting into making more instruments in no time. Besides, next year, I'll be adding ukuleles to the list of instruments made by these hands. And its all because I've been learning from mistakes and getting better each time I need to fix one or have to start over.
- Photos 📷: Redmi Note 13
- Editing 🎬: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
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