I use a router table for similar jobs, but I doublesticky tape the object to a larger chunk of wood or MDF, just to be safe….

If you treat it right it will stay purple. I’ve built a thinline Tele with a purpleheart top and neck a good few years ago and it’s still a beautiful purple colour. I sprayed the body with 2k polyurethane and…   Read more»

Also, purpleheart is cheaper and easier to get. And it’s purple………

Hi Kevin, I’m using the JOF now for a couple of years and it completely suits my needs for guitar building. It has plenty of power to route a body perimeter or pockets. It also comes with a large base…   Read more»

All well here…… I wish I could say the same for the people in Ukraine……..

Hi Boo! I use the Avis brand, but I dunno if it’s available outside of the Netherlands. I suspect any non-el cheapo brand will do. And yes, I mean white spirit.

I posted something about wipe-on poly earlier on the forum, but I’ll be happy to repeat myself 🙂  It’s extremely simple to make your own: 1 part quality polyurethane laquer (oil-based, not the water-based stuff…) and 1 part mineral spirits….   Read more»

Nah…. no problem at all. 14 mm is even closer to vintage Fender specs then 15 mm…. You’ll be OK!

I like what you did with the truss rod access…. 👍 

Thanks lads………….
I must say, this is the first project I am absolutely, completely 99,5% satisfied with…. (there’s always something, right?)
I think I’ll call it The Vaccinator and inlay a seringe in the truss rod cover…..
You know, because of the pointiness…….

Specs: Swamp ash body with purple heart splines Flamed maple 2-piece neck with ebony fretboard and 3 mm dots Gotoh Wilkinson VS100 trem, Axetec locking tuners, Graph Tec Trem nut Irongear Steam Hammer humbuckers and Pig Iron overwound middle pickup…   Read more»

And some details:

Thank you all for your kind remarks! The New Plan has come to completion so this topic is no longer valid, as it isn’t a plan anymore…….
Pictures in the show case area of this forum!!!!!!

Oh wow…………. Taht is really something… Very nice piece of kit 👍 

Thnx Koen, it’s Marks Exotica design however… 😀 

Onboard FX’s? Been there, done that, yanked them out again….. And that’s the beauty of it, you can undo it without damage… As far as batteries in my guitars, I will only go as far as active pickups. I completely…   Read more»

And screwed on some hardware…

What do ya’ll think? 😀  I do have a problem however…. I put on a set of strings to test the action and trem and my fret work didn’t turn out…   Read…[Read more]

Did quite a bit of work on my 80-ies pointy headstock metal/prog machine. Some results…

Polished the wipe-on poly finish with a fine automotive compound and got a very nice sheen somewhere…[Read more]