Welcome @wolframmalukker. Looking forward to seeing how it all turns out. Good to have a metal work guy around. I'm sure you'll have a few good tips for us all. 🙏🎶🙂🎸

Hello, folks. New builder from the USA, about an hour's drive north of the Gibson factory. This is the first forum I've found that actually approves registrations in less than a week (so far...) I am ...

More photos for your amusement. Attachment : trussrod.jpg Carbon fibre truss rod. 8mm x 4mm. Dremmel routed a 3mm slot then widened it with sandpaper on a 2,5mm bit of ply. Attachment : fr...

Oh wow that's a lot of work you've got done @wayne_f it's all looking great. I agree with you on the neck being the most hard work, like Mark says, it'll keep you warm. I found the neck the most sati...

@wayne_f I would agree with @tej there, it looks like the ends are in, so the slot must be deep enough. I'm assuming that you're hammering them in and not pressing them. If you're hammering while su...

@wayne_f it’s hard to tell from the picture but it looks like the ends are in just the middle that’s proud?

Today, I got the fingerboard smoothed and radiused. Then I attempted to start putting the frets in. I couldn't even get the first one to go in all the way. The slots were filed before the attempt but ...

If I understand this correctly you have a 15.75" fretboard and want to press the frets in. A 16" caul will be slightly flatter and press more in the centre leaving the ends slightly high. This could b...

Back atcha @tej - It is a simple fact that without you and the others none of this would exist. So thanks to you and everyone else here!!

Beautiful guitar @tej. Very well done. 🙂

@tej it's great to see the end result it really does look fantastic. I definitely agree with the old friend sentiment. It's also been great to see your progress all the way through this build

Excellenté @tej. It looks fantastic. 🙂🎶🎸🙏

@tej Awesome Result man! Congratulations

@rocknroller912 Thanks, it’s tricky, obviously my aim was perfection so these small things do niggle me but as I think boo pointed out, if I don’t mention them most people just wouldn’t notice these t...

@tej It looks super. When you listed all the “mistakes” in various posts I was expecting a disaster.

@markbailey 6 months ago I signed up for your build your own electric guitar course, drew some pictures, ordered some blanks and a fretboard from you, got a load of parts, changed my mind, changed the...

@rocknroller912 Thanks. Of course it will play well, what could possibly go wrong now!

@tej It looks good in the photos I hope it plays well

Construction time 😀 Used some shielding paint from Crimson which went on a treat. Tuning pegs mounted, everything wired up and mounted. Just need to align the pickups and get it set up now &#x...

It depends on your skillsets and overall interests For me Im a gadget geek working in IT incl programming for past 25years so the CNC thing, although I know very little, appeals to that ‘geekiness’ iv...