Time for paint! As I’ve said before, this customer wants his guitar in Matt black nitrocellulose (Nitro) paint, including the neck. So the neck is what I’m doing first. I’ve masked up, sprayed the bl...

Always happy to get constructive criticism. i was thinking, though, for my ‘audience’ who don’t know the course, the structure of it for them will not have the context of someone who has seen the co...

Just one more question, what do you clean the G3 off with? @robin It’s water based so I just use a damp (not wet) rag, make sure the rag is soft and you have rung it out properly. Follow up with a dr...

Attachment : EFECEB19-4C55-470B-BA64-4D95C0B61E03.png Attachment : 49E0918F-F679-4843-8A2D-281C8B7E47F2.png @robin You don’t have to use these exact ones, other brands are available. They d...

I think I'm ready for some more of your expert guidance. I've had a tentative go at polishing the control cavity cover and it looks quite good to me, but obviously I'm aiming for better than just good...

Today 51 years ago the IMHO greatest guitar player ever passed away. Therefore this is my favourite song today (he didn't always play a strat): @marcel Yep, I agree with you, I think he was the great...

@jamesonguitar I’m glad you are dedicated to having a go and you will definitely learn a lot and have fun doing it. It’s good to see you documenting your guitar build but I must just say something, a...

One thing about the neck is that the transition up to the headstock sort of begins between the 1st and 2nd frets. I know 1st fret is the standard but it feels quite comfy in my hands as is. Has anyone...

@tej For stuff like that, I’ve used a round file before. I use a really fine, thin, round file (a chainsaw sharpening file). Be careful just to push the file down into the hole and along the top edge ...

Progress on the body finish @tej It’s looking superb. One thing I would advise though is that you mask up the neck pocket at least, it doesn’t matter too much about the pickup cavities. 👍

Couldn't resist a little trial fit of the tuners @robin Looking good Robin, I’ve done the same thing with a truss rod cover before. Every day is a school day eh? 😁👍

Love the way it feels! @clinton That is amazing, it sounds great and I love the way it looks. Fantastic work, as usual. I always look to you for inspiration and I need to get my box guitar finished. ...

I'm *just* manly enough to go into Screwfix 🙂 I don't want to get laughed out of a lumber yard for building a guitar and not a house 😉 @stephen No, don’t think like that. The lumber y...

I’m not putting a reamer anywhere near this build, bad experiences with them, if it comes to it I’ll make some tedious sanding tool and do it very carefully. I’ve some scrap to experiment on but I wan...

Only concern now is that the bridge is a very tight fit in the mount holes, at least it is in the test ones, I meant to address that before I applied the finish but didn’t stupidly. Just hoping enlarg...

I finally got it out of a state of just hanging around to a state of getting all the hardware on it and getting some strings on it. I’ve done a quick setup and it plays beautifully. All I need to do n...

I got the frets in this thing. Evo Gold 3mm Jumbo ✨🐘 Attachment : 79E3277A-0799-4519-A00C-6732E5E4EECC.jpeg Attachment : 92A4F846-6389-46D8-8917-956EF562A638.jpeg

@tej Hey man, I’ve somehow missed all of this, just caught up now. It’s all looking superb and you just have to work through the mistakes, it’s part of the job. I’m looking forward to seeing the finis...

You're a good man @russ I try. 🤣

You and your buddys are an awesome team @boo. Much respect to you all. @robin Thanks, we love a good collaboration project, especially for a good cause.