Yes there were a few hairy moments. In fact on one of the cuts the router took a bite and exploded a chunk up near the toggle switch. I had to take a scary sharp chisel and pare the blow out back to a...

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Lucky enough to be in Ayr with Mark and Carol building a Moonshiner 🙂 with the rosette made out of scrap wood from two previous builds... Attachment : P1410475.JPG Attachment : P141...

Thanks very much, and of course I can. The best way would be with a table saw but at the time I started this I didn't have access to one so I used a mitre saw. I started with 12mm plywood at around 3...

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I Attachment : IMG_8337.jpeg I’m about to grain fill with aqua coat and ebony dust to prepare for final sanding and then finishing with Keda leather dye for the top and going batural for the b...

looks good

What I do is to make the front of the heel about 1mm or so lower than the back. Then I clamp the neck to the body and run a straight edge over the frets. Measure at the scale line and measure my heel ...

Friend asked me to build him an explorer. Turned out decent. Pickguard is ash epoxied to 1mm aluminium then sprayed black, headstock plate is also ash sprayed black. He has a cnc which he was able to ...

Do you have access to a CNC to use it? If so there will be an associated CAD program that the owner uses. I would suggest you start by finding that out then looking into how to program with it. I thin...

Hey up Scott, I'm about 60 miles or so further north of Edinburger. Welcome to your new life of being poor but surrounded with guitars lol

Hi guys! I've been scouring the internet high and low for the past few months for information regarding Gibson ES-335 guitars from the iconic 1959-1960 era. I want to have a go at building something v...

Whether or not you need a break angle will depend on the height of your bridge compared to your fret board. For example, if you wanted to use a tunomatic bridge I think they come out at around a 16mm ...

@russ oh, I'm aware! I've been on this project for 18 months so far and am nearly finished. But after this I already have the next 3 planned. These ones won't take as long, hopefully!

Thanks Brian, I've not had a chance to look around the site much yet, but I'm sure there will be loads of good content to read up. My plan is tto do a couple of solid body electrics but ultimately I w...

Hi, my name is Scott and I live near Edinburgh. I've been a maker of things for years but recently started my first electric guitar project. I'm sorry to say that I didn't know this forum existed unt...

Zip Attachment : IMG_7912.jpeg Zip cable ties works well for binding. Bends easily.

@brie thanks for thinking along, I'm also curious what the experience members will say