I'd be a little wary of modifying that design too much if it will affect (reduce) the gluing area - particularly if you've got a longer neck which will add more force/stress to the joint too?

After a bit of measuring and decision making I decided to shift the truss rod a bit further forward to allow more room for the body. Also going to modify the curve where the neck joins to get full acc...

I'm really pleased that I did a lot of Stewmac shopping when the exchange rate was close to £=$2, made things a lot more affordable!

Today I actually did something, got the truss rod slot routed and cut out for the spoke wheel. (Did all the neck blank etc last year and it's up on my youtube, NSJGuitars.) Anyway now I need to do a c...

@nsj Cheers Neil 🙂🎶🙏🎸

@russ if I can do it you can do it! Lol Open with adobe reader, it's free. Select print and when the box comes up just select poster and you'll see a little box to check for cut lines. Then hit print ...

Cheers Neil. If I wasn't so Techstupid I could give it a go. 🤣😂 🙂🎶🙏🎸

A tip for drawing curves freehand … rest your hand on the surface on the inside of the curve you want to draw, and sort-of-pivot your hand as you draw the curve. And do it in one flowing motion rathe...

@russ cheers but no buddy, I couldn't draw that. I downloaded a free template from the electric herald templates Then printed using adobe reader, select poster mode and tick the cut lines check box,...

@nsj Very nice Neil. Did you draw it out by hand. Very neat lines and curves. I'm trying to do some designs but I'm using compasses and french curves. My freehand drawing skills are not the best.
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Ok I think I have decided what I'm building next, prs body style with carve, 24 fret neck with 6 inline tuners and a gotoh floyd rose and it'll be a neck through! All Brazillian mahogany with ebony bo...

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Though that failure might have been due to the extra clamping pressure, rather than the normal stresses that a finished body would have to withstand?

Nice to see some new things going on !

So jealous @boo. Send us a wee demo. Good to hear from you. 🎸🙂🎶🙏

Mirka, the stuff in our dreams... 🙂 Someday, someday I will get one.

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@jamesbisset Thinking out loud here: In 3D modelling, you usually build the shape and then wrap it in a texture - often a high res tiled photo of wood or bricks or whatever. You could probably use a...

I was beginning to think this is reading more like a "how to build bend veneers" thread than "how to build guitars" 😆 But your experience is pushing me towards an approach of trying to use the...

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