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Great looking build mate, very nice Sassafras.
I just finished a build for my mate a few weeks ago with Sassafras and a Silver Quandong top, had a very sweet sound and I was very happy with it for my second guitar.
All the best with your build!

That's interesting. Do they have any particular name or something? Where did you get them from? I wasn't able to find a trace of them on the internet.

I've actually bought from Timbecon quite a few times before, both for this project and general woodworking before that, always had a good experience with them.

Thanks Wayne, those are some good websites. Looks like Stewmac's joining fee would already be paid for and them some with just a back and sides set! More affordable than I would have guessed.

Thanks Trevor, I'll dig around, I'm sure I've got imperial bits somewhere!

No worries, thanks again!

Thanks very much for your help guys, new pins it is. I'll probably go with some ebony pins, Australian Luthier supplies only seems to have slotted ones, so I guess I'll be going with those. While I'm here, any other good websites for either timber or tools you would recommend?

Thanks Wayne, I was definitely leaning that way, but the scarcity of information on these straight ones got me curious.

Thanks Kiwigeo, Tried them again cropped down so the file size wasn't so large and same issue, I'll send them through to you. In all my searching online I couldn't even find them available for purchase let alone anyone talking about them. Looking at the hole in the pins, the first thought that occur...

G'day all, First time acoustic guitar builder here. I searched the forum as best I could and couldn't find anything on this subject so sorry if it has been addressed before. I'm up to making and attaching my bridge and upon inspecting the pins I was given in the pack I bought, I discovered that they...