@tv1. Quick question, perhaps you may know. A few times I worked with swamp ash. Is it just me or is ash difficult to completely flatten really smooth? I seem to not know why that is. To open of a gra...

Posted by: @tv101 ... showing all the care and neat working inside. Posted by: @boo Incredibly neat, clean and precise work, I’m enjoying watching you build this guitar. @tv101 and @boo: thx g...

Posted by: @tv101 Looks like a nice piece of rosewood for the sides - really strong purple-ish colour? @tv101 Yes it has that purple tone in it, really dark 🤩 Posted by: @tv101 How many ...

Join us on Jitsi @boo and you get to see the guitar too.

Posted by: @koendb Mark talks about 2mm clearance at the bridge position, mine is 2.8mm~3mm. Does that just mean that your saddle would be 1mm taller? I can't see that 1mm would make a huge differ...

That's some great neat and patient work Koen. Looks like a nice piece of rosewood for the sides - really strong purple-ish colour? This is my favourite pic so far ... Attachment : image.png ......

Today I spend most of my day cleaning my room and reorganizing my tools cabinets, but did find the time to also route the fretboard to size ( well, the width, not the length yet )Here's a mockup where...

Stunning pieces of timber there. Don't know whether they'd end up competing for attention with the guitar body, and whether that would detract from the stunning-ness of the fretboard?

Posted by: @boo I agree with your thoughts on playability as well, it could get very confusing. I think that it would not matter if you make sure you have contrasting side dots, or make the side do...

Just like this ... Attachment : 20220130_131930.jpg And now getting glued together Attachment : 20220130_134153.jpg After taking the photo, I realised that the wedges weren't positione...

Got the neck pocket cut and the main bits laid out to check positioning Attachment : 20220129_200016.jpg If all goes to plan I'll not use those pickup rings. Nor any pickup rings. But that p...

@boo The pale moon ebony looks good, it flows out nicely from the lava lamp effect. I think I'd find it confusing to play though.

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

My favourite song today, brings back many memories of my youth:

A bit of sanding, and re-draw the outline ... Attachment : 20220129_161846.jpg I've got the scale length and neck pocket marked out. First job in the morning (hopefully) will be to use my spe...

Posted by: @koendb Whats the plan for tomorrow then? The plan was to get a bit more done than I actually got done - unfortunately I didn't manage to get as much time out there as I'd hoped. Because ...

Posted by: @tv101 Thanks for sharing that Shocking Blue video @Marcel. Heard the track many times, but never seen the video, and never realised that they were Dutchish. The were quite Dutch, altho...

Thanks for sharing that Shocking Blue video @Marcel. Heard the track many times, but never seen the video, and never realised that they were Dutchish. 👍

I often listen to Reina's weekly-ish updates, but caught a 1hr retrospective yesterday. This was the first track played. I'm off to buy the album (Bandcamp). The juxtaposition of the sweet littl...

My favourite song today: