@boo A piece of art! Will last a generation or two. But isn't it slippery with that glossy finish?

Nice work there @boo. 🙂🎸🙏🎶

@boo it’s going to be encased in a glass cabinet I was very careful and looked after my bench when I built it. Now it has various patches of coloured stain, holes drilled through it and solder burn...

@boo Hi Boo, I think it's a trait that I inherited from my dad, and I've got my daughter thinking the same way too. She sends me photos of stuff she finds washed up asking if i want it.

@wolframmalukker 😳 😳 😳 wow, uh no I’m not kin to either of those that I know of. In the BG area, I’m kin to Runners & Richards (😂 R&R 🤣). My 1st cousin ...

No way you're a Glasscock. My grandmother was a Glasscock, are you kin to any Pearsons or Thomases?

@wolframmalukker hey hey!!!! I’m actually a bit farther east and about 80 minutes from BG. I live very close to the geographical center of Kentucky. Eight-five miles from Louisville, Lexington, & ...

HA! Imagine finding a guy from the US on a UK forum, who's 30 minutes east of you. I'm over in Bowling Green, @rathius . That guitar looks awesome and the signatures don't detract from it-I see a lot ...

@boo Nice! Built with love and care. Do you dare to actually use that fine bench when finished? 😀

I had always imagined my biggest stumbling block would was going to be bending the sides. I've made made my bending heater this morning it consists of a hobby hot air gun and an aluminium tube. The al...

It's morphed a little from the original design. Originally it was to be a 27" but then became as 28.625" 7 string. The mahogany was replaced by walnut and wenge. It's also been pretty much a hand tool...

Pre glue up, it shows the rough shape (note it's not completely aligned in the photo and there is a deliberate oversize). Attachment : IMG_1935.jpg

An update on my build.. I've now planed and glued up my 7 laminate neck, roughed out my fretboard, enough to show it as a mock up (without the black tuners which wouldn't stand up straight). The body....

Are you going to diagonally strut or put sides on to prevent movement?

The neck blank is cut and squared now, and headstock angle routed. Waiting for my trussrod to be delivered so haven't routed the slot yet. I've ordered a Hosco two way trussrod, 360mm. I had intended ...

@russ Ideally you want the grain running top to bottom on the end on your neck blank (quarter sawn). Thanks Russ, its big enough that I can cut it either way.

@robin Hi Robin. Ideally you want the grain running top to bottom on the end on your neck blank (quarter sawn). 🙏🎶🙂🎸

I've got a nice bit of mahogany, 150mm x 100mm to cut my neck blank from. Can someone remind me what direction the grain should be. Unfortunately its too big for my bandsaw, I'll maybe have to mill it...

@russ I've seen it done both ways. Some have said that it can be better if the grain is running up and down on the block rather than running across in the same direction as the sides. It can't preve...

@robin Hi Robin, I've seen it done both ways. Some have said that it can be better if the grain is running up and down on the block rather than running across in the same direction as the sides. It ca...