Attachment : Fretslots.webp I think you may recognize the jig. This was the first day of the London Craft Festival, and I had spent the whole day talking to people trying to convince them to join ...

So having joined the London Hackspace in the hope of using the faciities to build guitars and other cool things I somehow wound up first as a maintainer organizing the woodshop and then as a Trustee (...

Hey Jonathan - That's normal. We normally push it as far back as it will go (towards the body end). This way it cannot slide back any further so could only potentially move forwards but - it won't mov...

Hey up Scott, I'm about 60 miles or so further north of Edinburger. Welcome to your new life of being poor but surrounded with guitars lol

welcome

@russ oh, I'm aware! I've been on this project for 18 months so far and am nearly finished. But after this I already have the next 3 planned. These ones won't take as long, hopefully!

@scotty Welcome Scott. Beware of the addiction that is about to hit you. Enjoy the ride 🎵🙂🎸🙏

Thanks Brian, I've not had a chance to look around the site much yet, but I'm sure there will be loads of good content to read up. My plan is tto do a couple of solid body electrics but ultimately I w...

Hi Scott, and welcome to the forum. There’s plenty of experience you can tap into here and we’ll look forward to you sharing your experiences with us. If you are in a position to enroll as a Premium m...

Hi, my name is Scott and I live near Edinburgh. I've been a maker of things for years but recently started my first electric guitar project. I'm sorry to say that I didn't know this forum existed unt...

Attachment : IMG_8438.jpeg Attachment : IMG_8419.jpeg Going Green

@brie nice

looks good

@clinton I’ve just started using water based Stunning Stains Shots from Crimson Guitars, they come in various colours, are mixed with water and can be blended for custom colours. They cost £5.50 for 1...

I Attachment : IMG_8337.jpeg I’m about to grain fill with aqua coat and ebony dust to prepare for final sanding and then finishing with Keda leather dye for the top and going batural for the b...

great work so far.

@clinton do you have a picture of the cable ties glued in the body. what size cable ties?

@benjaminschwillens82gmail-com Go to your local hardware store. The longest I got was 24 inches. Half a guitar body. I just do a precise square cut where they meet up. A little super glue and sanding...

Ok thx for info, cant wait for the finished picture. 👍

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