Was super busy last week so I didn’t get to catch the livestreams or reupload, but I finally have more time, so today I got back to work. My truss rod is 12mm and originally I cut the…   Read more»

So I made the jig today for cutting my truss rod slot. It turned out well. I drilled some small holes in the side of the neck to screw the bolts into and it worked very well.

I…   Read more»

I forgot to mention, my neck blanks are each a little under 3″ and I havent cut anything out on the back side so there is plenty of waste to put those bolts into if I make that jig. @robin…   Read more»

So in looking at just the first section of the build your own guitar course I’ve done things in completely the wrong order. Whoops. Started before finding the channel and had been following a bunch of different people and what…   Read more»

@markbailey
Thanks. Watched the livestream when I woke up today and could tell I’m in that group for sure. I’ll be signing up soon. Thanks for all the help!

Forgot to put the picture of the inlays and fretboards, here it is.

I’m so glad I have two necks! I messed up the top of the headstock on the less nice neck.

The router grabbed it and tore out a chunk. Bummer, but I decided to change the headstock shape which…   Read more»

So I got scared working on the $450 flame maple body so this weekend I went to my local hardwood store and bought a piece of mahogany big enough to make another one piece body. Now having some practice, more…   Read more»

@tv101 it’s just under 2″ but im going to be putting a deep carve into it and planing the top down for the neck angle and a decent sized belly cut so hopefully it won’t be too heavy. I haven’t…   Read more»

@rockpile99 it’s not going to be a super thick body thankfully, so hopefully that will help with the weight. If it comes out at 12lbs I’ll just have to suffer. At least it will look great on the wall and…   Read more»

@robin me and my dad did a custom guitar about 8 years ago. We bought a stewmac neck and modeled the guitar after an Ibanez that I had, and still have. So I have some experience with woodworking and guitar…   Read more»

I ordered some templates from Guitar Building Templates out of Florida, left my wood in the attic for a couple of months to dry, and did a rough cut on a newly acquired small band saw. Here was the result….   Read more»

Just searched for that Suhr and I found it, here’s the guitar that is the inspiration for my build.

$7500 brand new, but absolutely gorgeous. Hopefully I can make something beautiful out of my piece of wood.