V2: Correct Bridge and angle slightly lowered into middle section Attachment : NeckTrough-2.png V3: Hump in bottom half of the body slightly removed Attachment : NeckTrough-3.png V1, V2 ...

The bridge is already decided and I have it in my drawer 🙂 I think a bridge with a separated tail piece is a stupid idea, if I were you I’d have a look in your drawer to see if you have somet...

You could always use a bridge with a separate tailpiece to occupy some of the bump? The bridge is already decided and I have it in my drawer 🙂I just need to alter the plan

@koendb You could always use a bridge with a separate tailpiece to occupy some of the bump?

Had to contemplated taking the angle from the centre line incorporating the end on the neck into it? AS a matter of fact, I did. But You do have a point though, if you look on the original drawing, t...

@koendb I think what doesn’t sit right is the curve into the flat end of the neck then the angled take off on the top wing, it doesn’t look intentional. Hard to explain where I’m coming from here. Had...

I’d make the angle the top wing comes off the bridge end of the through neck more shallow, it looks a bit harsh to me which doesn’t quite work when the other wing smoothly curves. @Tej thx for the co...

@koendb like it! A couple of points, personally I’d make the angle the top wing comes off the bridge end of the through neck more shallow, it looks a bit harsh to me which doesn’t quite work when the ...

This is what I came up with reshaping an existing plan Attachment : NeckTrough-1.png

I’ve only ever owned 25.5” scale guitars, I tried to play as SG copy that had a shorter scale length and simply couldn’t play anything well at all, felt very alien everything being that little bit out...

24.75" scale length is indeed easier for bending. Same strings feel less stiff then a 25.5" scale length. I guess 25" is a good compromise and probably the shortest scale length to allow for 24 frets...

Interesting you talk about scale length and which to choose. I am in the process of starting another build and also changing the scale length. My previous build was a 24.75 scale (Gibson Les Paul ...e...

A couple of months ago , I started drawing a body shape that I liked on a piece of scrap paper. Attachment : IMG_20210321_170221071.jpg I quite liked the idea and decided to start working out s...

That’s point taken mate. The pint comes tonight

Sound advice Rocknroller much appreciated. As I say it’s all pie in the sky at the moment but worth thinking about. Thanks for your input on this pint taken. Cheers

@powerful It could work however too much moisture can cause a ripple effect across the wood as the steam is absorbed differently by different parts of the grain eg flame maple where there is light and...

Yes Tej me too which led me to believe that directly introducing steam would simplify things a bit. I know people use steam boxes so maybe this would give similar results. Again I'm only guessing and ...

@powerful can’t hurt to try as long as your experiment isn’t on expensive wood, I expect your main issue might be that you won’t get an even temperature over the length of the tube. I’ve not bent wood...

I think I might. It seems plausible to me but I really have no idea. Hopefully someone will stop me making a catastrophic error before I jump straight in (which is what I usually tend to do). If I can...

@powerful it is at least worth the experiment!