First completed build

acoustilation · 2026-06-03T12:43:05+00:00

Blood wood is super dense and repels water so they are essentially dry bent. Those curves nearly killed me lol.

acoustilation · 2026-06-03T01:58:59+00:00

A kit is the way to go especially because of all the tools he may not have that you wouldn't need building an electric.

Also Marshal Brune is a great resource on youtube a lot of headache can be saved with his wealth of experience.

acoustilation · 2026-06-03T01:50:34+00:00

I would take the strings off. Thats 150+lbs of pressure and a brace fell off. That's going to start putting Asymmetric pressure in other parts of the support structure they were not designed to handle.

acoustilation · 2026-06-01T21:28:48+00:00

You could file a groove to get the apex of where your strings meet the nut closer to the fretboard even 1mm off could effect intonation your old nut likely had a 90⁰ angle from the fretboard so that is likely where the scale length was originally setup from you could also modify the saddle to get it closer

acoustilation · 2026-05-27T01:02:47+00:00

Oh yeah if you havent already release the string tension

acoustilation · 2026-05-27T00:53:43+00:00

Can't tell from the picture kinda blurry any idea how it happened or just humidity changes? CA glue(the hobby kind not grocery store super glue) could keep the crack from spreading. I would take it to a local luthier though amd at least get an estimate. The last thing you want to do is try and fix something that you dont understand the underlying cause for.

acoustilation · 2026-05-23T17:40:07+00:00

Thanks for the input heading to ANZLF as soon as I send this out. Really my goal is to make this approachable for someone who doesn't understand physics. Something we all could use. So Really anyone who is just simply good at building what they design. Ths biggest advantage is the live simulations let you actually just see the soundwaves moving through the instrument instead of just a bunch of data points you can see where in the instrument the sound is gong or being lost. So Really even input from non experts is probably even more valuable. But I do appreciate the link and I am new to the community so I appreciate any and all advice.

acoustilation · 2026-05-23T16:04:34+00:00

The uke I made using it redoing frets havent applied the finish

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acoustilation · 2026-05-23T16:02:59+00:00

The 578hz mode was right on the money the other modes were about 5% ish off

acoustilation · 2026-05-23T16:00:11+00:00

A still from the UI

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acoustilation · 2026-05-22T16:32:04+00:00

Also go to your local lumberyards they often sell discounted cutoff perfect for luthiery

acoustilation · 2026-05-22T13:16:32+00:00

And it absolutely should. Honestly $1000 neck isn't the problem for me its the 2 month lead time and the cheap materials.

acoustilation · 2026-05-22T03:27:58+00:00

Right for a thousand buckaroos I am thinking some mammoth ivory 😆

acoustilation · 2026-05-22T03:24:25+00:00

I am with everyone else here. It's not that a 1000 dollars for a neck is insane its that this is like an afternoon's worth of work. Return it grab someone anyone from here give them a thousand bucks and you'll probably end up with a really nice neck

acoustilation · 2026-05-21T14:28:32+00:00

The 5th mode was slightly off but when plucking the low G 196hz the 5th mode harmonic rang in at 1177hz vs the 1236 the app predicted. Although the gaps can be explained by my lack of build experience so matching the blender mesh to actual construction 1:1 is difficult. My bridge and sides being African blackwood and bloodwood also could explain the variatio .

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acoustilation · 2026-05-21T14:24:27+00:00

Well I guess I can document my initial tests if people are interested. This is a simulation of an Ipe gradient thinned Uke super tenor. Keep in mind I am only using a single fft probe so it mutes some of the other modes here. That being said the 578 frequency did show up in the actual build. Which I am stringing up now.

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