I should also mention that I took the opportunity to install a new truss rod when I put the fingerboard on. I figured it would be worthwhile as I wasn't sure of the quality of the cheapo Chinese one. ...

Also went for a high gloss nitro finish, which I did with rattle cans. That was quite an education! Not 100% happy with the faux binding I tried to do but to be fair I'll probably never be happy Put ...

Sooo I sanded the finish off and yanked off the neck binding and fingerboard then ordered a lovely rosewood fingerboard from Guitar Making. I went for a red top stain this time and left the body mostl...

I went for an oil finish. I was initially happy with the result, but found that I really missed a high gloss finish. I fitted the hardware, did the wiring and got it working. I put a set of Seymour Du...

I did more fine sanding and started working on the stain. Again, made a big mess of the garden and myself but I was pretty happy with the flame top. You always hear luthiers go on about sanding and wh...

Got bored very quickly with using chisels to do the top carve so busted out the belt sander, which was a lot quicker, although the neighbours must thought I was testing a jet engine! Did some fine san...

Planed in the neck break angle and did a test fit of the neck. I should mention now that I thought doing a neck from scratch on my first build sounded a bit ambitious. I searched high and low to find ...

Routed the neck pocket and pickup cavities through the top. Router completely mangled my draw strings! ? Should really have seen that coming < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  IMG_2019...

Glued the top on. I thought I was being very clever including some draw strings in the cavities to make it easy to pull the cables for the pickups and selector switch through. Lesson learned and more ...

Used a handheld router to tidy it up a bit and routed out the cavities and cable routes. Lots of mess in the garden. The wife is not a fan of me and my router < span style="color: #666;"> Attachmen...

Then did a rough cut of the shape. With a circular saw ? < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  IMG_20190812_152809.jpg

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Next I got hold of some nice Ash for the body and some flame maple for the top. Jointed it, glued and planed it flat < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  IMG_20190813_144516.jpg

Hi everyone I recently bought a new fingerboard from the shop so thought I would share the results I recently finished my first build. Set out to do a Les Paul style guitar I live in London, so don'...

@frocesterbill I use my Blackstar occasionally too. Attachment : 3DAFBC9E-14CE-4A6E-B825-85E487E00FEB.jpeg

What are you using to make a noise? @frocesterbill I also bought a Spark recently but not really used it yet. Attachment : BA201A41-359B-4267-BFE3-AEEBB0728B68.jpeg Attachment : DE301A2F-...

Yup OD-1s do go for a decent amount - work really well in front of some amps - Fender Twin for example. The Kemper/Fractal thing - does work - loads of brill sounds - easy to tweak sounds once you hav...

@deej Wowza! Nice gear! First I’ve heard or seen Kemper. Looks fantastic must feel and sound awesome!

I love pedals - have owned (and sold on) loads over the years - have also modded and built from kits and scratch..... Currently have a few, mostly mods or builds, only use occasionally because of the ...

Still nothing beats a straight plug in on a tube amp with just enough gain for dynamic playing control. Ok maybe a tiny hint of reverb. I had an Dodd envelope filter once and in search for it again...