Posted by: @swepri I think I will have to start a new build soon. Hard to resist when seeing other builds.. @swepri Yeah, go for it. I have chosen to make building guitars part of my life, I’m always doing…   Read more»

Posted by: @frocesterbill Any recommendations – need to work well clean and dirty….. @forcesterbill Iron Gear are pretty good for the cheaper end of the scale. I’ve used them on many builds and I think their Rolling Mill humbuckers are…   Read more»

Posted by: @poco7
I’m working on a kinda-sorta Gibson Les Paul style for my FIRST build.

@poco7 Looking good there man, nice work. 👍

Posted by: @robin It looks similar to the stress fractures that I see in the gelcoat on my boat. I would guess that its the expansion around the hole as the post has been driven in or flexing of the…   Read more»

I had a pop at the other neck today. I’ve blended the nut area into the headstock and rounded all the corners over with various grades of sandpaper. The whole headstock is sanded to p320 grade now. This panga panga…   Read more»

@roddy Good for you, glad you enjoyed your visit. Welcome to the forum and I look forward to seeing pictures of your design drawing and maybe of the building process. 

I’ve had a couple of days off from guitar making to move some more stuff out of the house but I couldn’t resist carving the nut area into the headstock on one of these necks. I thought I would do…   Read more»