@cheesewhisk I had the same with my Flying V. It will be fine, just make sure the alignment is good. If needed you can also use veneer to shim both or one side(s). There should be enough meat on the b...

Got the final coats of clear coat on yesterday, finally got time. I’ll leave it for a week or so before giving it a final flat and polish to bring it up like glass. Attachment : 549A47AA-1FAE-48B...

Finally had some time to progress with the paint job on this bass, white racing stripes over the chameleon paint. This is plain white basecoat, I’ll put some pearl over it before unmasking it for clea...

under an umbrella of wishes and hope But is it enough to protect you from a shit storm of mistakes and disasters ?!!

You can dry clamp the neck to mark and drill the bridge holes - just make sure to double check alignment as you are gluing. You can run a ruler down each side and check it intersects with the bridge m...

under an umbrella of wishes and hope I love that phrase!! First time I've ever heard it ...

@tv101 thanks for the feedback, that’s pretty much what I did in the end apart from moving the bass side back but the adjustment for. The test set up I made was more than enough for the scale length b...

Few comments ... 1. That's a good bridge. I've used it on a few builds. Lots of adjustment in that, both for the bridge overall and the individual strings 2. Definitely drill the bridge holes *b...

@rocknroller912 I’ll keep that in mind if I ever make a “real” guitar then. Measuring the string lengths nut to bridge on another guitar with the same scale length suggest the adjustment should be mor...

@tej If it’s got side adjustment it sounds like a plan but I’m not an electric guitar expert. If your neck is a tight fit there shouldn’t be much difference between the test fit and the final. I can s...

@rocknroller912 this is the bridge I have below. It’s a little different to the one @markbailey uses in the video. I was planning to mount it with the posts in line with the scale length line but 6mm...

@rocknroller912 it’s a gotoh 510UB my concern is around possible need for lateral movement as opposed to the intonation. I’ll set it up on some scrap and see what play there is in it.

@tej What type of bridge do you have. If it has some intonation adjustment that should take care of any small changes after the neck is glued.

@frocesterbill that was my thought but there’s no play in it, I’ve rushed a few decisions on this build and things haven’t always gone to plan, hence the paranoia!

If your neck pocket is tight then the neck will be in the same position so you should be able to drill bridge holes now - can't see it being a problem - only issue would be if the neck can wobble side...

As I need to apply the guitar finish before glueing the neck I’m not sure when to drill the holes for the bridge. Current thought is that I could dry clamp the neck in now and drill the bridge holes t...

I had an oily rag once but I had to let her go. She was just too… oily… and raggy, is that even a word?!?

Lovely work 🙂🙂🙂

Neck looking good and the headstock isn’t too pointy.

Awesome @cheesewhisk! What is your plan for the neck?