Right then @markbailey @Russ, your breaths can now be unbaited ... Feeling rather chuffed with myself (did I mention that already) for rescuing this guitar, and also a little impatient to get on and g...

I'm intrigued. I wait with baited breath for the next installment. ?✌️???

I was feeling quite chuffed with myself at this point. Yes - For me that is often the point at which things go pear shaped - I've learned to recognise this as a red flag (usually 10 secs too late)......

Attachment : 20150314_162008.jpg Here you can see the carve blends in the extra thickness. I was feeling quite chuffed with myself at this point. This point was just before the next point. The ne...

Next stage, glue the cap to the body, and then start carving the cap ... Attachment : 20150308_142132.jpg You can see the difference in thickness in the pic above. The outer ledge is a contact...

... back out with the thicknessing jig, and a nice thick piece of birds eye maple. Attachment : 20150307_120654.jpg This is going to be thicknessed into a wedge shape ... Attachment : 20150...

Attachment : 20150303_150549.jpg That's about 6mm-8mm taken off the top, and a nice sharp edge created. Guess what happens next ...

Because the strings were going to be so high at the bridge point, the obvious first step in the fix was to make the body thinner, and therefore to make the strings even higher at the bridge. Attach...

Step1. Sort out the weight issue. Attachment : 20150303_130217.jpg Attachment : 20150303_131340.jpg Nothing too cunning about that. But a good place to start. Cunningness comes later...

I thought up a cunning plan. @markbailey will be along shortly to explain a much simpler way of fixing this issue, and then I'll kick myself. It actually took me about a year to fix ... because it spe...

This is a build rescue story, from a few years ago (so you can read, safe in the knowledge that it has a happy ending!). A few years ago, I was gifted a guitar. Actually, it was an unfinished project...

Very Good John. Now you just need to build a radius jig. You seem to have the engineering skill so I'm sure you'll find a way. Cheers, Russ And if you wouldn't mine sharing instructions and pics here...

That jig looks really neat. I admit that I bought mine (Stewmac, though when the $/£ rate was much better!). Do the bearings function as a depth stop for the saw too?

Very Good John. Now you just need to build a radius jig. You seem to have the engineering skill so I'm sure you'll find a way. Cheers, Russ ✌️??

That is pretty clever - Thanks!

Great series of pics! Thanks for sharing...

Posted by: @jamesalexandermcmillan What abut binding an electric guitar body (or neck)? recovering from mistakes/ faults in the wood strange requests that you have made for someone problems with a d...

It doesn’t look bad. Not bad at all! I really like that headstock design - simple and distinctive. And also useful for scratching that bit on your back that you can never quite reach. ?

In the sunlight the sparkle in the paint stands out That old front door looks pretty good! The old fence in the background is looking a bit nervous .... 😉

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