The last month or so has been a bit of a nightmare as some of you know. My mum was suddenly taken ill and needed emergency brain surgery - it was touch and go for a while and they really thought she m...

So should I go for a compromise of 55mm as standard to accommodate neck blanks?

Apologies for double posting but I thought I should probably post this under its own topic rather than hijacking TV's heading. Ok, here we go. There may be a couple of minor changes for the producti...

Hey Folks Things have stabilised a little and I've been able to get in the workshop catching up with the orders - Lewis helped out yesterday and will be back again next week. Thanks again for your pat...

Hi All I just want to say THANKS to all of you for your support at this horrible time. We are in a weird state of limbo at the moment but the community here is a big help and at the very least lets me...

Checked the alignment of the neck today by clamping the neck in place, putting the bridge on, a couple of tuners and a nut. Everything is bang on so I could glue the neck in. However, there are a coup...

And after sanding. Smoothy smoothy. I love this Walnut fretboard. Attachment : 62E200AA-947D-4D70-90A8-5C96A5D6A5DC.jpeg Attachment : A9949EB4-6DF2-4931-8C18-DFBAD87F856D.jpeg Attachm...

Hello everyone, Iv’e watched the designing and building an electric guitar clean through. I’m gathering things and building jigs for a bit. I did source some nice mahogany. —been wood working for a...

Nicely done! Awesome looks gorgeous.

Awesome Work @Blake!

@boo What is this old money you speak of@tv101and@robin? I have heard speculation about it before but have never found a definitive answer Old money is what we had before VAT was invented. It had t...

I sold my MIM Strat - it had stayed in its case for quite a while - did a fret level on it just before I sold it so it did play well. Does mean that I now need a Strat type - time for an Exotica bu...

What is this old money you speak of @tv101 and @robin? I have heard speculation about it before but have never found a definitive answer. 🤣

Build #002 had been going so well until I did a trial fit of the tuners yesterday. I've drilled all 6 holes consistently off square and the tuners won't sit flat. I couldn't use my bench drill, it's o...

My neck heel carving is done now, that took forever to get to a shape that I'm happy with. I had to take off a bit more than I had intended, due to my first saw cut going a tad too deep. Attachment...

Routed the body shape now, the temporary neck socket filler worked a treat. Just a couple of little dinks into side as I was routing round the horns, but they sanded out easily and there's another one...

Control cavity routed now and body shape cut, I'm impressed with how square the bandsaw can cut. I've wedged a temporary piece into the neck pocket to prevent me knocking lumps off when I route the bo...

That's the humbucker sockets and neck pocket routed now. I also made the mistake of taking the humbucker sockets to their full depth before doing the neck pocket. I routed very carefully where there w...

I've been putting fret wires in today, this has been the most awkward part of this build so far. The wire I bought wasn't pre bent, so I had to make roller. The roller I made wasn't great and as I had...

Another satisfying moment carving the vellute today. I watched the course video again last night, then followed Mark's instructions and the vellute miraculously appeared. Attachment : 20210106_182...