Day 22: Fretting!
Frettin’ the fretboard today. Don’t rush, don’t fret! Today’s all about patience, getting it right. The more accurate at this point, the easier the set up will be when it comes time to string the guitar.
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Day 21: Shaping the neck
March 27, 2012 /1 Comment/in Guitar Making Diary, News /by jen27/3/2012 10am-5:30pm. Shaping the neck, heel block and headstock: Lots of carving, filing and sanding today. This has been one of the most magical parts of the guitar-making journey. To carve a neck, heel block and headstock out of a chunk of wood feels amazing.
Day 18: Hours and hours of sanding….
March 19, 2012 /0 Comments/in Guitar Making Diary, Home /by jenDAY 18 – 19/3/2012 10am-4:30pm. Oh the irony. My first session back since shaving my noggin’ for the World’s Greatest Shave, and the first tool Chris hands me to get on with my guitar is a hair dryer…….
Day 17: Gluing bindings to the guitar body
March 16, 2012 /0 Comments/in Guitar Making Diary, Home, News /by jenDAY 17 – 15/3/2012 1pm-5:30pm. Super productive day today. Bang, bang, bang. I routed a space for the bindings, hand bent the bindings, and glued them to the body!
Day 15: Creating the soundbox…
March 1, 2012 /0 Comments/in Guitar Making Diary /by jenDAY 15 – 29/2/2012 11-5pm. There’s something therapeutic about building a guitar. There’s something relaxing about doing woodwork. A guitar is coming out of the woodwork…
Press Articles & Interviews
February 27, 2012 /0 Comments/in Press /by jenClick the links to see full article & source FOLKBLOG 6 Jun 2015 INTERVIEW: World Environment Day Sue Barrett interviews musicians about their natural environment DAILY REIVEW 19 Feb 2014 REVIEW: Eastern Lounge Review Jenny Biddle’s Eastern Lounge performance reviewed by Lloyd Bradford Syke FOLKBLOG 21 Sep 2013 INTERVIEW: Playing for the Rent Musicians talk […]
Jenny Biddle wins MELBOURNE’S BEST BUSKER for the second year in a row!
February 22, 2012 /0 Comments/in Home, News /by jenThursday 23rd February, Jenny was crowned Melbourne’s Best Busker for the second year in a row!
Jenny Biddle wins “People’s Choice Award” at the Tamworth Country Music Festival Busking Championships
February 9, 2012 /0 Comments/in Home, News /by jenJenny Biddle wins the People’s Choice Award at the 2012 Tamworth Country Music Festival! Performing for nine days straight, alongside over 500 other street performers, Jenny Biddle won the hearts of Tamworth Country Music Festival attenders this January, taking out the People’s Choice Award in the 2012 Australian Country Music Festival Busking Championships. Congratulations Jenny on your […]
Day 12: Joining the sides of the guitar together
February 8, 2012 /0 Comments/in Guitar Making Diary, News /by jenDAY 12 – 8/2/2012 10-4pm. I am SO stoked! The two side pieces are now bent into the shape of my guitar. I left them clamped into frames over two days, and released them from the frames today. VOILÁ! The sides held their newly bent shape. They look amazing.
Day 11: To BREAK or not to BREAK!
February 6, 2012 /0 Comments/in Guitar Making Diary, Home /by jenDAY 11 –6/2/2012 11-2:30pm. I was a little reluctant for the first day back at the workshop for the New Year, as I knew this session would involve remaking the sides of the guitar from scratch after I broke the cutaway on my first attempt at hand bending. My new sassafras pieces had arrived and […]
