@darrenking Thanks I see now what I’ve been doing wrong and it should be turned like a hand scraper blade. It didn’t come with any instructions and I’ve been trying to get a normal edge. It’s my rough...

Hi @Rocknroller912 The key thing is not to sharpen it like a normal plane. Yes the steel will be softer that you may be used to but it needs to be, otherwise you would stand no chance of turning the e...

@darrenking Thanks for your comment. I’ve found the blade very difficult to sharpen even with a small roller jig and a diamond stone, so would be grateful for any professional tips that you can pass o...

That’s one of my favourite tools - the little Lie Neilsen scraper plane. Once you have learnt how to sharpen it properly it can change your life!!

Planing fretboard the hard way but it’s good fun. It is of course my cheapest and nastiest bit of rosewood being a practice build. A very old piece from Touchstone Tonewoods some time in the 90s. I th...

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@koendb I’m not familiar with samba wood, have you checked it’s hardness with other woods used for guitar bodies? Gibson used the ABR 1 on the original V which is Limba, the Les Paul which has the map...

it has something else going on... hmm I have no idea 🙂

Hah, a little suspense is a good thing @koendb. The first two have different nut widths, 43 and 45mm. I was talking about the third one, it has something else going on...

Any guesses as to what it’s for? @mattbeels, oh come on man! don't keep us in suspense like that! what is it for? (different nut widths? )

Hey all, Question: I realize that the bridge I ordered ( an old style ABR Gibson bridge), comes with directly mountable posts.This is of course time correct. However , in combination with the soft sa...

How did you keep the cauls from slipping around on the body while gluing up? @mattbeels I put some double sided tape , which prevented the cauls from slipping, they still slip a bit, but only until t...

I should also point out that Darren had to clean the files up as they were, err a bit fooked! Plus he produced that third headstock template as well as the idea for it came after the files were done. ...

Looking good @koendb! How did you keep the cauls from slipping around on the body while gluing up? I forgot to include a photo of my headstock templates. I also had a Hamer style control cavity done. ...

Today I glued the body blanks. It is not 100% straight unfortunately, there is a slight level difference from back to front, but only about 0.5 mm or so. Oh well a little bit more sanding work later o...

Today, I had the opportunity to visit a guitar building friend. He recently acquired a jointer/planer and I had some wood that needed to be cut, planed and prepared for glueing. Very handy having fr...

Looking forward to seeing this one @koendb. 👍😁 🙏🎸🎶🙂

Nice @koendb! I’m a huge fan of the V and will be making some soon (hopefully!) I also really like dark fretboards so that would be my choice. crazyparts.de is a cool store, they are the right place f...

It does need to be an exact replica It does NOT need to be an exact replica! However, we DO need a working edit function here 😝