Hello all. I wanted to say hello and introduce myself. I'm Pete from London and was gifted a premium membership from my girlfriend today. Looking forward to watching all the courses and building alon...

No one need ever know. Bonus pic of first coat of danish oil @cheesewhisk Yeah! Nice work! See, walk away, come back and fix it. Boom! Looks great. 👍

@boo I’m alright, thanks. You? Pretty busy with the shop so that’s fine (except for…) Yeah, he doesn’t know yet. Fortunately it’s an aftermarket body with a shitty white paint job so hiding it won’t b...

So now that I've joined the 'Drilled Right Through the Back of the Guitar Club' I can really share your pain. @mattbeels Hey Matt, how’s things? Not seen you for a bit, how’s the shop? Sorry to hear...

@cheesewhisk I know that feeling all to well when you think you've ruined weeks of work, but once you calm down and think about it there's always a fix and another lesson learnt.

@cheesewhisk Dude, that sucks!!! So sorry to see this but maybe my story will make you feel a bit better… The other day I was working on a customer's Partscaster and realized that the hole for the out...

@cheesewhisk Oh man I can feel what you felt when you realised what happened. I had the same happen to my last build, only for me, I went through the front , when I was routing out the control cavity...

Can’t thank you enough for replies though.Ive left this for now, did a bit of finiting then walked away and poured a JD & coke medicinal like 🤣 @cheesewhisk That’s the spirit! 😉&#...

@cheesewhisk Whatever shape(s) you go for, just remember that when you are routing the depth for the cover plate, set your router depth gauge to 2mm, not 42mm. 😉 Just a joke! Too soon? Ƕ...

@cheesewhisk You could even make them join up to sit right alongside the other one. Look at these two, one for the trem and one for the controls. Attachment : 26717399-2426-4704-8F07-AFD7E9AC7D96...

Don’t worry about what shape they are, they don’t have to be symmetrical. There are some weird and wonderful cover plate shapes out there and some can even be comical. Get creative and have fun! Rock...

I like your fix @cheesewhisk. Nice symmetry. 🙂🎸🙏🎶

On the fourth the flag on my drill but must have moved up with each of the other three hole. I practised on scrap but now I just want to cry @cheesewhisk Oops! Step away from it for a while, do somet...

😲 Dry yer eyes mate...The easy (and probably only) fix: a coverplate - ditch the fancy battery box this time - who will know? We won't tell... Wrap the battery in foam (like the packing foam f...

Final sanding was with P600g paper (dry). Then I got some paint on there, I couldn’t resist. The conditions were not ideal but I managed. This is the first coat of black (second actually, the first is...

Oh and I agree with @Rocknroller912 , it does look good between the other guitars there 😉

@cheesewhisk Nice work man! You are almost there 🙂

@cheesewhisk Your build is looking very good compared to the other ones in the photo

Just beginning and making baby steps. Before you look at what I have, yes this is my first build and no I'm not making a bandsman. Not that I have anything against Mark's design. I'm just not sure if ...

Just need to tidy up that heel transition with the surform and use progressively finer grits all over. One thing about the neck is that the transition up to the headstock sort of begins between the 1s...