Posted by: @robin It looks similar to the stress fractures that I see in the gelcoat on my boat. I would guess that its the expansion around the hole as the post has been driven in or flexing of the ...

Question for @markbailey please Have you seen this cracking paint effect before on a guitar? I think you probably will have. A friend of mine has painted a guitar and when he has hammered the bridge...

I had a pop at the other neck today. I’ve blended the nut area into the headstock and rounded all the corners over with various grades of sandpaper. The whole headstock is sanded to p320 grade now. Th...

@roddy Good for you, glad you enjoyed your visit. Welcome to the forum and I look forward to seeing pictures of your design drawing and maybe of the building process.

I’ve had a couple of days off from guitar making to move some more stuff out of the house but I couldn’t resist carving the nut area into the headstock on one of these necks. I thought I would do the ...

I’ve yet to carve them but I couldn’t resist offering them up to have a look how they might look. I like it so far. Attachment : 1E5ACE4A-4912-4342-96B3-A5686774A946.jpeg Attachment : 5D14...

I’ve still got a long way to go but these necks are starting to look good with their respective bodies. I’m going to use all gold hardware on both of them, I think it would be rude not to. Attachm...

Posted by: @petejb Mark Twain, a classic American Humorist once quipped "Don't let your schoolin' interfere with your education". Words to live by and words that I live by. I have learned more from m...

All glued, pinned and clamped. I’ll come back to this tomorrow. Attachment : 2BBA8BD6-5092-4EAA-A260-099B19D968F5.jpeg Attachment : 02B65A71-789A-4971-984D-B64827EEF14F.jpeg

Time to get the fretboard on. I always lightly clamp it in place first and make sure everything lines up and is in the right place. Then put my caul on to see where the holes need drilling for the loc...

Planed the fillet and a bit of scraping too. It’s very satisfying doing this bit. Attachment : E1122733-50DC-4E33-A50B-189437C228FC.jpeg Attachment : 50F601AC-C8D6-49C9-A76A-9A96740AC6AC....

Time to unclamp and plane this truss rod fillet down so I can glue this amazing fretboard on. This neck is going to look stunning. Attachment : F77B5056-B3F7-49A4-8D84-89E05D7B7996.jpeg

Posted by: @bpower Here are some progress pictures. Note the couple of center seam diamonds that my daughter helped me make and she glued in. She has done this on all three builds so far. She ma rks ...

Posted by: @bpower I think, with the problems and the mistakes made, this guitar build has come to the point of it being a learning experience. I am going to keep going at it to practice my skills a...

Posted by: @abbbbbottttt I’ve correctly got a new question stuck in Awaiting Moderation. Is this related? @abbbbbotttt I think the best thing would be to email. 👍

I used an offcut from the fretboard to make a fillet to cover the truss rod. Waste not, want not. Attachment : 96425C65-C563-45A6-B6F9-DF5FE41F6F51.jpeg

Time to make a fretboard for the panga neck. I’m going to use this lovely piece of pale moon ebony, again using the Bagpress Fret Slotting Jig. Attachment : 72C6B36A-0C93-4E75-9274-C5570263D22D.j...

They are both looking good together. Attachment : 2E4024FF-2528-4DC2-A640-7421CB060D89.jpeg Attachment : 05654C2E-A31E-4352-8B93-3C5701B14201.jpeg Attachment : 9C7F48FF-E731-40DB-9B...

Time to drill the panga and route the headstock to depth. Attachment : AC24879F-08CF-44C1-842A-25A70D6097C3.jpeg Attachment : 59F41F43-5389-4900-BFCF-F3ED9F75EB47.jpeg

Posted by: @petejb No worries mate, I am an engineer who was a young student in the (failed) US pilot program to convert to metric in the early 70's. I'm fluent in both actually and PREFER metric. It...