@nsj Very close! Nice job. Really enjoying watching this build Neil. 🙂🎶🙏🎸

Started getting finish on, the colour is amazing. Attachment : 20230705_164406-01.jpeg

Attachment : PXL_20220922_143507180.jpg Attachment : PXL_20220929_101927609.jpg Once the glue has set the headstock can be planed flat to the 14mm thickness. 🙂🙏🎸
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Attachment : PXL_20220916_111936965.jpg Attachment : PXL_20220916_111943607.jpg Once the two pieces are planed flat and square they can be glued together as shown in the pictures. The thick...

Attachment : PXL_20220908_091021219.jpg Attachment : PXL_20220909_141913388.jpg I started by squaring up the neck blank. Planing one of the faces flat and smooth then squaring up both of th...

@clinton Very clever way to make a neck pocket jig!

So after 7 months, I finally found the time to finish this guitar...I removed all the hardware, sanded with 220 and 320, then applied Crimson High Build Finishing oil, using paper towels, followed by ...

Going to just start a thread here to post pictures and comments around my first build. Here we go! Attachment : PXL_20230525_032523740.jpg

Apologies for the brief hiatus as I try to finish the album of tunes I performed for Acoustic Bliss last year. I’ve given myself until the end of the month. But meanwhile, here’s an interesting snippe...

This wouldn't be important if I was making a double cutaway or no cutaway - it’s only significant if the guitar is not symmetrical across the centreline. But if I’m making a concave mould, then the m...

Hello! All I can say is I am excited to get going on this journey, especially as proper power has now been laid in to my shed of dreams. This is really my retirement project. It's been many, many year...

Carves sorted, frets levelled and polished, fretboard oiled and now the body has finish applied. Next will be to mask up around the pocket and glue the neck in, then mask the body and get finish on th...

Got the frets in yesterday and today I got on with side markers, carving the neck, volute and heel a bit and also got the neck pocket routed. I was thinking of adding a tiny angle to the heel so I cou...

Got a couple of bits done today, body sort of shaped, fretboard slotted, neck blank sorted and trussrod fitted. It's a spoke wheel trussrod though so I need to sort out the heel end for access. A...

Anyway, today I stopped by a friends joinery shop, he handed me some yew wood which looked interesting Attachment : 20230418_150428.jpg I took the piece on the left and trimmed it down, the...

Got the carve done today and the recess for the controls, after a lot of sanding I wiped down with white spirit to have a look. Looks awesome! Attachment : 20230516_173348-01.jpeg

Well this has progressed, body cut out, pickups and control catvity routed, belly carve done and neck on it's way to being done. Tomorrow I'll be carving the top, mostly filing due to the knots lol ...

Sawed up the other piece of yew I had, got another nice top for another build, maybe carve this one Attachment : 20230426_164229-01.jpeg

Finally getting down to the actual building of this guitar! Unlike solid sides, these laminations have rough, uneven edges and are not yet cut to size. So one edge was sanded flat on a sanding board, ...

Body cut out, neck roughed out, neck pocket done and heel angle done using a handplane. Next up will be pickup cavities I think. Attachment : 20230328_165057.jpg Attachment : 20230328_1...