It’s water based so I just use a damp (not wet) rag, make sure the rag is soft and you have rung it out properly. Follow up with a dry rag and try not to get any water in any screw holes etc Thanks @...

16/09/2021 11:55 am Thanks carol and mark. Gorgeous acoustic kit arrived today. Fantastic quality and I’m nearly ready to go with the first stage of the neck. Going for it. Thanks again -- at...

Go through the grades of papers and then through the grades of polish, that’s the secret. Thanks again @boo for your usual comprehensive advice, very much appreciated. I've ordered up some wet &...

Ingenuity at work. Brilliant

This is looking really good. I hope the lacquer turns out good for you. Looking forward to seeing this finished. Thanks @Wayne_F , its got all the lacquer that its getting, so I'm working my way up t...

This is looking really good. I hope the lacquer turns out good for you. Looking forward to seeing this finished.

Today 51 years ago the IMHO greatest guitar player ever passed away. Therefore this is my favourite song today (he didn't always play a strat):

Good luck... it is a lot of fun, so far!

cheers! 🙂

My favourite song today:

Very nice. Looking forward to seeing your progress. I'm also planning on documenting my guitar building journey.

@Wayne_F Yikes! That must have been a lot of work to cut through. I'm envious of your 6" blank haha It wasn't as hard work as it looks, I had cut 2" deep from each side with a circular saw before ha...

@robin Yikes! That must have been a lot of work to cut through. I'm envious of your 6" blank haha

@poco7 That's awesome that you found someone not too far who could cut you a blank that's more than big enough. The one I ordered was advertised as 4X4 but it's actually 4-1/16 thick X 3-7/8 wide. Oh ...

My next handmade tool is not as extravagant as the sander but it works. I had some old roller skates in the shed. I took the bearings out of them and make a fretwire bending tool. Not fancy but it wor...

Here are a few more progression pictures of my wifes guitar. I think next time I'm going to handle the arm bevel a little differently but, overall I'm pretty pleased with it. Not perfect by any means ...

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

Yikes! that's a lot of work, @Wayne_F on yer shoulder, no doubt. I was fortunate to find a couple of guitar builders whom sent me a couple of neck blanks at a fantastic price...2 3/8" x 4 1/4" Quart...

anyway, if you want to follow on and give me some tips along the way, the first video is here... Subscribed! 😀

That’s great to hear! I have a long way to go to get to your point… but really enjoying the process along the way