Excellent build - how does she play?

@blake Good looking job I like the way you have shown the steps of construction

Great job @blake! That body wood looks fantastic and the whole job came out really well. Thanks @mattbeels. The wood came from @mark Bailey.

Brilliant avoidance of use of nasty black plastic! @tv101 You’ll be banging on about that damn Edit button next. 😂

@blake Nice work, you’ve done it now, you’ve broken the seal. You’ll be back out there before you know it, building your next guitar and we fully encourage that. 😁👍

Thanks @blake - fiddly, but definitely worth the effort. Perfect job for a CNC machine!

How @Blake. Any process that I can think of involves the use of some very fiddly routering. Very curious as to how you've made them, because it's something I'd love to try myself Fiddly routing...

Well done Blake 😀 Glad we could help !! 😎

Nice work there Blake.

Very nice and well done Blake.

@tv101 Brilliant avoidance of use of nasty black plastic! Well except for those pickups and knobs 😆

Great job @blake! That body wood looks fantastic and the whole job came out really well. I really like your build pics too 👍

The wife is looking forward to having me back in the house and not in the shed every night Hmmmmm ... my wife keeps asked whether it's "warm enough for you to get back out to your workshop now" ... a...

Thanks @Russ. I did make those, honestly only because there was a little gap to the fretboard with the supplied ones.

Looks Great @blake. Did you make the pickup surrounds yourself? 🎸🙂🎶🙏

I bet a lot of forum members are sick of the sight of the “Recent Posts” being clogged up with this thread every day. @boo I'd say that's more an issue with the system than the posts, it would proba...

Cheers. Never tried heating the paint first. Sounds like a good tip. I’ll try with the next one (a yellow bass with a musician pickup). paint always runs somewhere normally with anything but a very li...

@jamesalexandermcmillan I've finished solid wood with a drying oil only and no lacquer or varnish. It's very forgiving as it doesn't crack or chip if knocked and any minor dents can just be rubbed dow...

i have tried rattle cans. As someone said above little and often with light sanding between coats is essential. I love making guitars and now have a pile that need finishing. I avoid finishing as a) I...

@robin I'm going to try the aquacoat grain filler (it's quite pricey, but it's the only clear one I can find). Another possibility might be adding microballoons to some carrier, which I've seen Chris ...