Does the magic of carving a neck ever wear off ? Attachment : 20210105_164402.jpg

I've made a little bit of progress, not a lot as its too cold to be out in the garage for long. The headstock is shaped and thicknessed, still going to plan so far. Attachment : 20201230_162323.jp...

finally warmed up some and I was able to put clear on this, I wasn't happy with the way the top was looking so I sanded it down and went at it again, I put my final coat of clear on it today, Im heade...

UPDATE Well I have gotten about as far as I can go for now till it warms up a bit, its about 19F here now and not looking like its going to warm up for a bit. Ill probably make a veneer for the headst...

It’s 3.18kg A fraction under 7lbs in old money - Perfect!

Excellent build - how does she play?

Great work @blake the Rabbit hole awaits.......

@blake Good looking job I like the way you have shown the steps of construction

Brilliant avoidance of use of nasty black plastic! @tv101 You’ll be banging on about that damn Edit button next. 😂

@blake Nice work, you’ve done it now, you’ve broken the seal. You’ll be back out there before you know it, building your next guitar and we fully encourage that. 😁👍

Thanks @blake - fiddly, but definitely worth the effort. Perfect job for a CNC machine!

Looks Great @blake. Did you make the pickup surrounds yourself? 🎸🙂🎶🙏

Great job @blake! That body wood looks fantastic and the whole job came out really well. I really like your build pics too 👍

@tv101 Brilliant avoidance of use of nasty black plastic! Well except for those pickups and knobs 😆

Very nice and well done Blake.

Nice work there Blake.

Well done Blake 😀 Glad we could help !! 😎

Attachment : mp-star.jpg Hey!! I'm very proud to present my first creation! (hopefully, of many!) I'll uploading a short video of the adventure soon. Feedback is very welcome (please go easy on me...

@blake Japanese parts are typically really good. The difference in hole size isn’t much as @frocesterbill pointed out. Just be sure to use a lock washer (already necessary) inside the cavity for good ...

Drill hole n scrap piece to test the pot. If hole is too big then plug with dowel on the mistake and redrill.