Installed all the hardware. Attachment : D030380D-28DB-4E33-B205-4C2E12D50CE8.jpeg Attachment : 67B6696F-20E8-447A-B462-CBAACAFC79EF.jpeg Attachment : 4A8E16AE-BF66-4765-8918-C026CA1AF...

I put a coat of Finishing Oil onto the guitar whilst I made the electronics. Attachment : 03E2BCDC-5E41-49F5-A05C-45752E27552D.jpeg Attachment : 2A1A1E1F-46CA-4F2C-9B0D-573F03F8270A.jpeg ...

I made sure I got the pickups into exactly the right position before drilling the holes for the retaining screws. I used masking tape so they didn’t move during drilling. Attachment : EAC96E78-FD...

Fret level, crown and polish. Attachment : FD2D84D3-4D32-4825-8540-C67838060D50.jpeg Attachment : BDDE214F-F926-439A-A9AA-5438BD2D8357.jpeg Attachment : 74D26CE0-6480-4E4C-96E3-D427A4...

Time to install the bridge. I put masking tape on the body in the area where the bridge was to be installed. I then used a long ruler to mark out the exact scale length onto the masking tape. From the...

Before gluing the neck into the body, I checked the angle to and alignment with the bridge. Once that was done, I took the plunge and set the neck in place with wood glue. The cat wanted me to believe...

Routed the neck pocket, carved and sanded the body. Attachment : 6D584AE3-32A5-47D9-B7EB-F7B0C37FF36B.jpeg Attachment : B947DFAC-5979-43BA-93E1-FBCE202EA455.jpeg Attachment : 0A11B93B-...

I cut out the body on the bandsaw and used the body pattern to guide the router for the perfect body shape. Attachment : 5B9A4E93-51D4-488E-ABEE-A744ADCD945D.jpeg Attachment : A9724743-5926...

Levelling the fretboard and installing frets. Attachment : 739FA38B-A71C-4DFC-8061-D3084EB977AE.jpeg Attachment : 73C80BD5-5F5B-4FE8-A208-DF9CC2CFA8EA.jpeg

Carving the neck. Attachment : E4AB698A-8435-4568-822D-CDA7D2757F74.jpeg Attachment : 371D8660-9584-44BE-A145-647B91633A4D.jpeg Attachment : A101BEEC-8813-4CD3-BF1D-B3F898BB0BEB.jpeg ...

Routing the pickup cavities. Attachment : D36E418B-285B-4D21-856D-66546AC04FA6.jpeg Attachment : 70E0123F-E513-4609-AF04-F9221B8F335C.jpeg

Attachment : FE992E50-492B-4B17-A498-52EFCC0396D5.jpeg Attachment : C7F61FCD-FEE0-4482-81C2-A5D8C87E9C56.jpeg Attachment : 0F9059BD-63DA-4DC7-9E25-7D15FFB2E11B.jpeg Truss rod and fretb...

I have recently bought a new part for this build. It wasn’t in the design but I changed my mind. I wanted to have the strings go through the body from the back, through the bridge and up to the tuners...

Nice “How to” guide Mark, nice and graphical with annotations. Maybe your IT team could start putting a Knowledge Base together. (Sorry team! ?)

Your guitar sounds great, I’m glad you like it. I spray mine with auto 2k clear coat too. I am also very tempted to grain fill my Bailey Bandsman and lacquer it or I might make another one. I know wh...

Glad you got sorted out Edwin. What guitar are you working on at the moment? I’m building a Telecaster.

I haven’t done the online acoustic course yet. How did you get on Mike?

That’s better, I can comment again now. Cheers Mark.

Hey Edwin, my account isn’t showing that I have completed two of the online courses any more. Haha.... I did the “Design your own Guitar” and “Build your own Guitar” courses about two years ago. Oh we...

Time to clear coat the body. I masked up the neck pocket, turned on my air compressor, got my spray gun ready, mixed my lacquer (clear coat), put on my PPE and sprayed the guitar body, two coats. ...