Worlds collide! Apologies if someone has already linked to this. I thought some of us might be interested.

I watched this - from the ‘factory that shall not be mentioned’ Mark thinks that it could be one of his necks……

Thanks for posting JB. I've got one of those Eggles, though mine's a lot later and slightly less official. Great guitars, very well put together, nice shape and very comfortable to hold and play.

Posted by: @swepri A (partly failed) brass powder inlay on the headstock Looks like I can't multi-quote in a reply 🙁 That comment reminded me of something I was planning on trying. It looks like a...

Posted by: @swepri A thin top laminated to the body (resawn on the bandsaw, also a first) Congrats on managing to do that. You need a well set-up bandsaw and a decent blade to get that done succe...

@tv101 You are absolutely right. Here are a few pictures. The body is european ash and curly birch (very old, from my aunts farm). There is a weight relief cave in the "upper" part of the body, but no...

Attachment : 00001_x264.mp4 Had a lot of other stuff to do, including getting a new puppy and building a greenhouse. But finally, here is the unclamping of the neck glue-up on my second build. Now...

Bit more done this evening, between work o'clock and eat o'clock! Well, that was lucky ... Attachment : 20221010_180601sml.jpg I don't think you can make a jig for that operation - just drill...

Cheers @Robin 🙂 In the olden days, a "good lunch" would have involved some mates, a pub, and beer. These days, it means I can take an hour out of my working day and get into the workshop! Attachm...

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I must say had done a great job.

I started a new build, based on the same model as I have build before (designing-my-own-neck-tru-guitar)But this time, I choose for a set neck and a Floyd Rose Tremolo system from Gotoh (1996T)The nec...

@siddharthkmehta Welcome! I am sure you will enjoy it!

Welcome @siddharthmehta. Enjoy your time here. It's all great fun with a lot of great advice being shared. 🎸🙂🎶🙏

Hello Everyone! This is Siddharth Kumar Mehta and I'm from New York. I'm an accountant at Hudson Bay Capital. I like to play guitar and that is why I'm on this platform to know each and everything abo...

Welcome to this awesome community @norriemac! Awesome job on that first build so far. I cant wait to see more pics 🙂

Hello Guys! I am new here on this platform because this is one of the best platform for guitar knowledge.

got mine last week and can't wait to use it on my first scratch build! I did a test fretboard and it only took 15-20 minutes to cut all the fret slots, very impressed. Attachment : fretslotcutting...

I just took some time to read back through this thread. I’d missed all the updates since early in the year (I wasn’t on here for a few months), so I just read about 9mths progress in maybe 20mins. Wha...

Good to hear @bpower and thanks for the update. The power of nature is scary and shows us just how helpless we humans are. Hope MrsP lets you out of the basement soon ...