@rathius Well, I'm glad that my idea was useful to someone. Have you made yours yet? It's been months since I last logged on here. I hope that large r...

Awesome! That top looks nice

"We don't make mistakes- We have happy accidents" - Bob Ross Nothing like some accidental inspiration. It gives it a very unique look and your fix w...

I think the main reason the wood ended up splitting is because I might not have had a big enough pilot hole. The drive tip on the auger bit acted like...

Just figured I'd share this with you guys. Today I made a fret slotting jig in preparation for the next build. That's right, I'm not going to use a pr...

Looks great! Love the color and the overall shape of it. Particularly the end of the fretboard and the pickup mount. Did you make that mount or buy it...

As soon as I logged in I thought to myself "oh, wow. New design!" I like it. If I hadn't read this post I probably would have spent a minute or so loo...

I know I'm a couple weeks late to the party here, but from reading your post and seeing the picture my thoughts were pretty much exactly what Mark and...

Excellent job! Beautiful grain on the back and very nice gloss finish.

Finally, a long overdue update. 'Tis done!

The neck is all set and tomorrow it's time to start the body.

@rocknroller912 Yes, but the taper template was only off by a little under a mm. As long as the fretboard is properly centered, the slot should be f...

Truss rod is installed and fretboard is glued down. This time I rounded the end of the fillet at the heel end so there's no open gap.

@robin That's very true. Sometimes it doesn't even take one night; sometimes it's only an hour or two.

@robin I've compared the neck to the fretboard and the board is a bit wider. Your suggestion of blending the joint while carving sounds much better th...

Just got done out in the workshop a couple hours ago and I've run into another problem. I might need to scrap this and start over. After routing the p...

Okay, finally posting some progress. Even though the project is just starting I've already made a couple mistakes. Fortunately those mistakes are not ...

@bpower Thanks! I wanted to make something edgier that had a V-ish shape to it.

Decided to go with hardtail bridge again instead of the tremolo (next time). I have the plan drawn out and the body template cut.