This is My Favourite Song For This Moment....... 🎸🙂🎶🙏

Well. I got my bridge holes all sorted, sanded the body to 320 and now put the first coat of finish on the top, amber tinted polyurethane thinned down. Next I'll do the whole thing with just the poly,...

Ooooh my first set neck is now glued and clamped! Better look up proper bridge position for a TOM next so I can get the post holes all drilled once the glue has set. Sure it was something like scale p...

Right, fretwork and markers all sorted. Now it's close to gluing in the neck. First I'll clamp it and check I have the height for the bridge though, then glue. Went slightly deep on the fret slots b...

@clinton Thanks this is useful, I thought that shaping the veneer before gluing would be needed and didn’t think of a heat gun. @jamesbisset looks like this method works

@rocknroller912 best solution I feel would be a vacuum press for sure. In the past and I did it only once and came out satisfactory. With more thought if I should do it again might work really well. ...

@clinton Thanks there is some discussion at the moment about using veneer and finding a method that works, so I thought you might have the secret

@rocknroller912 Maple carve top

@clinton Looks very professional, is the top carved from solid wood or veneers glued together.

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@russ Yeah, I shelved it but decided to go with it. The neck join is not perfect. There is a very small gap about a mil. Shimmed it but still visible. Archtops with neck break angles on the body is qu...

Coming along very nicely @clinton. 🙂🎶🙏🎸

May you be live long and happily - and produce many an offspring tune 😉

Attachment : IMG_5821.MOV After a year on the shelf, I kniw pronounce you body and neck.

@boo my mate can play like that, he's really annoying lol

This is My Favourite Song For This Moment...... 🎶🎸🙂🙏

This is My Favourite Song For This Moment..... 🙂🎸🎶🙏

Mine favourite is Someone You Loved

This is My Favourite Song For This Moment...... 🙂🙏🎸🎶

@robin definitely buddy, I don't freak out as much now, just think of a possible solution and get on with it