Thanks @tv101 I love what an oiled finish brings out in the wood, but I'd been looking for a finish closer to the qualities of lacquer, but without the need for spraying as it's just not an option in...

Hey @boo Thanks for your comments. It's only at grain filling stage at the moment. The z-poxy really brings out the figure in the wood and acts as a sealer to protect the stained top. As I said above,...

I don't recall seeing that finishing approach before - what prompted you to try that? It's certainly looking good in the pics. I've never finished a build without a similar opportunity presenting ...

Hey folks, Thought I'd share an update on what I've been up to (whether wanted it or not). I know I wanted to build more even before finishing my second electric in January. I realised I'd 'accidenta...

As usual it's all on my youtube including the cheek clenching latest episode lol

@tv101 might need to be a short scale proper acoustic?? She does prefer the acoustic, I just need to strum it and she crawls over, climbs up and joins in.

Just check the child protection laws @Robin ... 🤣 ... might need to be a short scale proper acoustic?? Congrats, that's a super cute pic

I think my next build is going be a ukulele, my granddaughter has taken an interest. Attachment : 20240504_152717.jpg

@tv101 Pickup wiring colour codes?? You're onto something there, there is a need for a definitive list of pickup colours and obviously it'll have to include random unbranded items from ebay left ov...

@swepri never seen that yet, I've used all sorts and every A has been audio taper and every B has been linear. Are you sure about the US Euro thing?

@robin As usual there is a US standard and a rest of the world standard with pots. US pots often use A for LOG and european standard use A for LIN instead. You did the right thing - measure the darn t...

Well the guitar is all back together again and working. There seemed to be a random earthing problem and some tremendous hum. Eventually switched off the laptop charger, that had me going for a while,...

@brie I accidently missed the neck angle on my first guitar and the solution was making a 2mm deep recess under the wraparound bridge. I made the recess larger, with rounded corners and it turned out ...

@robin Just another thought... It could be worth checking the A string nut slot to make sure the string leaves crisp right at the end of the slot.

@liebe it'll either be extra quiet or extra noisy lol

@nsj utter madness, I absolutely love it! I supposed shielding the electrics shouldn't be a problem...

Cut my first ever f hole today and glued the plate on the headstock Attachment : 20240513_122858.jpg Attachment : 20240513_145225.jpg

@nsj This has been a really fascinating one to watch Neil. Cheers 🙏🎶🙂🎸

@brie Yeh basically a neck through. Anyway been back at it, F hole next Attachment : 20240506_160438 (1).jpg Attachment : 20240508_233353 (1).jpg Attachment : 20240509_145720.jpg...

Nice one Neil, I seem to remember reading about copper bodied guitars somewhere and thinking they looked pretty cool. Are you going to use a wooden centre block? It will be very interesting to hear wh...