Haha @jonhodgson, here’s a rather non sexy photo of mine... not like @boo... his photo so sexy, me so jealous! Attachment : image.jpeg

No-More-Sloppy-Neck-Pocket-O-Matic I think that should be the official name laser etched on the jig

Is this the first guitar to be built with this neck pocket jig @boo. 🤔 🙏🎶🎸🙂

Good job @boo, putting that No-More-Sloppy-Neck-Pocket-O-Matic to the test! 😉

@tej It's neat isn't it? That guy builds a lot of very cool things, including most of his workshop, and always to a really high level of precision.

@jonhodgson that looks fun, I think if I used a lot of dowel pins it’d be worth knocking together. Certainly quicker thank my little lathe!

So the dowel cutters I have are utterly useless @tej, I saw this video just recently.

So the dowel cutters I have are utterly useless, at least two of you can guess where hey came from? 😉 Had to turn some on the trusty toy lathe. Have some ebony and Indian rosewood veneers on t...

I think I’d rather laminate it than paint it for this build, I’ll have to find some nice wood to do that with as I’ve nothing I can use. I’m presuming this is “simply” a case of roughly cutting the la...

@jonhodgson. Cheers Jonathan. Sound advice. 🎶🙂🎸🙏

@russ, I noticed the relative price thing too. He said the Rider No 4 was about 100 quid, it's now 75. I think Axminster may have dropped their prices because they couldn't compete on quality.Personal...

@russ, I suspect that for the money you may not find better new planes than the River, to lower the cost they have to make savings somewhere, and it seems one area is in the flattening of the plane.So...

No personal experience, but having watched this I won't be buying one. @jonhodgson Hi Jonathan, I notice in the video that the guy said that the Rider and Quangsheng were both midrange prices but whe...

@jonhodgson. Cheers Jonathan. I'll keep looking around. 🎶🙂🎸🙏

@russ No personal experience, but having watched this I won't be buying one.

well.... you could make some dowels out of the off cuts when you cut the head stock out (so the color is the same) and glue them in to fill the holes. Then cut new holes. And then, if it was mine, I'd...

Well it looks like I didn’t learn the lesson about not working on this when tired and I’ve managed to to not only mark out but then drill 2 tuner holes a whole 10mm out 🤬 short of laminating t...

This is My Favourite Song For This Moment........ Great Man, Great Songwriter. Sadly no longer with us. 🙏🎸🙂🎶

a non-virtual friend You mean, some people have *real* friends, not just virtual ones??

@tv1 It's my design. Maybe a non-virtual friend will make one for your 60th birthday...