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@Scott Baxendale Nice video. The music comes across loud and clear, but when you are speaking the volume noticeably drops in comparison. Wishing you great success with your youtube series. 👍

As you can see, it's an extremely narrow portion of guarding close to the neck around the soundhole. Yes. I have considered filling that area with wood filler and applying a dark wood stain to the area. I live in northern Ct (not Maine), but i get your point. I've been looking on line for...

I've been watching their videos for years. The 9 year old cover band consists of 75 or more musicians who are rotated in (song dependent) to perform. Awesome cover band! Good call @TalismanRich

I surely wouldn't expect you to delve into or disclose "trade secrets" as to how I could easily replace the inlaid pickguard myself. As it stands right now, I also have to refinish the top, reinstall the original nut, replace the original tuners (I have new tuners), and install new frets (I have...

My Mando looks like this

It's a mandolin that an aunt gifted me 20+ years ago that she bought at flea market. Made in Germany, circa late 50s or early 60s by Hans Hauser (not Hermann Hauser). It's only value is purely sentimental. It's identical to this...

I have a very old mandolin that has been in need of a new pickguard that was deep seated with the top of the odd shaped pickguard being flush with the top of the mandolin. I'll take a picture and post it tomorrow, and hopefully you will be able to advise me how to replace it. A few years ago I...

Thanks for the info concerning the painting process!. Her artwork is awesome.

Acrylic paint?

I like it! 👍

@Old Music Guy At first glance I wasn't quite sure about that pickguard, but the more I look at it I appreciate the "sun spot (solar flare)" paint design. Pairing that pick guard and neck with a natural wood (unpainted) guitar body would be ideal. Sun spots

Absolutely worthy of air time on any serious Rock Music radio station!

Shubb standard capo is my recommendation.

If push comes to shove because strings keep breaking on your guitar there's no harm in tuning a half step down and slapping on a capo.

Love the tone of the classical guitar in..

I had a classical nylon string guitar a few years ago that I bought for about $400. It was a struggle to maintain tuning, but I loved the sound of it. My sister phoned me one day, years ago, telling me that she was interested in learning how to play guitar. She asked me if I could gift her with...

Also, check for string binding at the nut.

That's good.

Exactly! Slipping strings don't all of sudden snap and break. Every tuning post has a straight hole drilled through it that results in a guitar string needing to make a 90° sharp turn which is just fine for steel strings, but Nylon strings do NOT possess the same tensile and shear strength as...

Great advice with the suggestion of drilling a slightly larger hole, but now that I think about a bit more, a small diameter shallow 82° counter sink on both sides of the winder post just might be helpful enough to alleviate sharp angles and sharp edges on the winder posts. Your thoughts?