I need something that I can stretch to 60mm. Is there anything I can use or do you have any ideas to work around this problem? @petersoyanov I can get you to 57.5mm string spacing, how’s that? Scha...

Right, before you spray anything else on, whether it’s sealer or lacquer, sand the whole thing with some 600g paper. Don’t spray anything over 2000g it’s too shiny, nothing will stick to it properly. ...

@frank1985 That’s fine, I would leave it like that, don’t try and sand further into the headstock. The main thing is, it won’t affect the instrument from being played, that’s the most important thing....

@clinton Be careful when sanding with a radius block. It’s easy to sand more off one side than the other or even sand a twist into the fretboard. In your head, you are sanding everything straight and ...

Leave it as it is and carve it, it’s in the right place. 👍

All the curves in all the right places @russ Thanks, that’s what she said. 😜

@rocknroller912 Thanks for that, I appreciate it. That’s why I continue to post a lot of pictures, even of any mistakes and/or repairs during the finishing process, I want everyone to get good finishe...

A bit more refining and it’s starting to look good. Attachment : 5CA21597-0AC5-46C1-92DD-453FA8A66C36.jpeg Attachment : C7CBB503-F40C-498B-BF65-88EDC78F6609.jpeg Attachment : 98AAEE...

I used a variety of carving tools and got to work. Attachment : F5409F46-38AE-40CC-B2A3-359E5D3F48DF.jpeg Attachment : 09737430-960F-4DAC-994A-077ED98E394E.jpeg Attachment : 1E72B35...

I marked up the neck for carving to give me some guidance. Attachment : 4B193076-605F-4656-8E33-CB9CCB0CFDA4.jpeg Attachment : D5769071-B989-4C95-9F82-9FFF30FA1749.jpeg Attachment : ...

@rocknroller912 Yeah, that is crazy, very risky. I can’t stand nitro if I’m honest, people only use it on guitars because they think they should and that’s what all the guitar building supply shops se...

I hope my next project will be something along the lines of starting with a body blank, perhaps with a ready-made neck - making a neck still looks intimidating! @stephen Yep, I’ve done that a few tim...

@alancoffey Yeah I live in the NW, near Blackpool so I know what you mean about it being wet a lot of the time. There are other finishing products you could use other than nitro that aren’t as tempera...

@stephen Sorry Stephen, that was terribly dimwitted of me, I apologise.

NI is just across the water, regardless of brexit, Northern Ireland still exists. @robin Doh! Of course it’s Northern Ireland, I was thinking it was an American state for some reason. 🤣

Alan, can you upload some pictures so I can have a look? 👍

Alan, here is my humidity gauge and thermometer that I leave in my working area, it just helps me make decisions about spraying and other things such as gluing wood etc. Here in the UK it tends to be ...

Alan, first of all, don’t panic, this is very common and fixable. The milky appearance is called “blooming”. It’s when moisture from the atmosphere gets trapped in the lacquer and has that milk look ...

@stephen Hey Stephen, welcome to our guitar making community, glad you could make it. Yep, it’s a very typical story, I played in bands and then had to get some real work to pay the bills too. ...

What's the reason for the pallets having to be Heat Treated. Is that so they don't burst into flames when you blowtorch them, or some other reason? @tv101 The HT pallets haven’t had any chemical pre...