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I can't hear any.......🤷🏻‍♂️. 🙂🎸🎶🙏

^^ I just can't get past the timing glitches on that track @Russ. Once you've noticed them, you just can't un-hear them!

Just been listening to the album @tv101. Lovin' it @jamesbisset. This is My Favourite Song For This Moment...... 🙂🎸🎶🙏

@tv101 thanks! I'll look into changing my username too

@liebe - much easier!

Frets all levelled, crowned and polished and logo done Attachment : 20230902_172625.jpg Attachment : 20230902_172558.jpg Also trying out ebonising, you put 0000 wire wool in a jar wi...

@tv101 Cheers, I'm really not a fan of the big metal plate myself, you can create a much nicer shape and feel without it.

Lovely smooth carves and curves on that body @NSJ, and I always prefer the recessed screw (or bolt) holes for fixing a neck, just looks hugely neater to my eyes. 👍

Got on with carves today and blending them in to the round over Attachment : 1000025215-01.jpeg Attachment : 1000025216-01.jpeg Attachment : 1000025217-01.jpeg Attachment : ...

Looking good @jamesbisset 👍

Meanwhile, the frets can go in. I opted for an ebony fingerboard because archtops/jazz guitars always have ebony fingerboards. Obvs.. I also opted for stainless steel frets, but Mr Bailey really didn’...

I might - occasionally and quite subtly (so you've probably missed the comments) - tease JimmyB about this build, but it's a beautiful thing in the flesh/wood, and the amount of thinking and planning ...

on the body I carved in another curve on the right side, also the replacement tuner has arrived today, thanks to northwest guitars for the great customer service, I'd highly recommend them. Attachm...

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I've been listening to this album a lot since I stumbled across it ... this is possibly my favourite track Or on Bandcamp here

Where would be the fun, the challenge, the satisfaction if we knew a build was going to be faultless? It'd be like doing a crossword puzzle when you've got all the answers in place of the clues.

@swepri "Smooth, faultless build". That must surely be utopic... 😉 I'm not convinced that its even possible.

@robin "Smooth, faultless build". That must surely be utopic... 😉

@tv101 Congrats on that Robin. Now you'll have to do an emergency dash back home to collect all the bits to be able to put it together. I sometimes wonder if the builds-that-go-wrong-but-are-rescue...