Bad luck or bad planning……Make sure that the workshop boxes go onto the lorry first that way they will be last out at the other end and most accessible…..

I am getting used to my new guitar – used a Free-Way switch (3X3-03) – it has two sets of 3 ways the down ones give humbuckers and the up three single coils – this is my second switch because…   Read more»

Arthur is just about finished.  Very happy with how he has turned out – plays pretty well – a few tatty bits but I know what caused them.Cheap router bits may have caused…[Read more]

Looks really good! 

That seems to sort it – upload file to GM and it displays correctly.Will do that in the future.

Uploaded pic to GM

How do others post pics – my pics are on Flickr – I then just copy and paste a link – on other forms I have used BBCode but they didn’t work as a straight paste.Should I be uploading first?

Aplogies for wide picture – picture taken on my iPhone – looks OK on phone and in Flickr – looks too wide on GM…Any ideas how to correct this? 

After 5 coats of finishing oil I decided that was enough – it has a nice sheen and feels smooth.Bridge posts were tapped in and I though I would try the hardware in place…..https://flic.kr/p/2ie1tBr 

It came from eBay – as I have had problems with the grub screws falling out of the collar that holds the bearing in place on two others…..  I have just bought some from Titman Cutters that should be better… 

First coat of Liberon Finishing Oil – really liking the Ovangkol cap.https://flic.kr/p/2iayPkmhttps://flic.kr/p/2iayRHN

Done some ‘finiting’ – a small amount of filler round the neck joint – knocked some sharp edges off – removed the little ledge at the end of the fretboard.  Had a chunk of cap break off when I drilled…   Read more»

Neck glued and clamped – have brought the guitar into a cool part of  the house as the workshop is cold, the Titebond bottle says don’t use under 50 degrees F (10 degrees C) and the temp in the workshop…   Read more»

I carefully clamped the neck into the body and checked the neck angle and side to side alignment – the top side of the neck pocket is where the error is – I have thinned down a spare piece of…   Read more»

Still puzzled by my less than tight neck fit – just tried the neck in my neck pocket pattern and it is a very tight fit so what went wrong – could it be bad router cutters?

Now sanded to 180 grit – also started to level frets.Body and neck feeling quite smooth…..

Started tidying and sanding 80 grit now done – started 120 on the body.https://flic.kr/p/2i9mHh9https://flic.kr/p/2i9qmrshttps://flic.kr/p/2i9qmFahttps://flic.kr/p/2i9pfPMhttps://flic.kr/p/2i9pg1U 

Round over front and back – neck angle set.https://flic.kr/p/2i8yDuWhttps://flic.kr/p/2i8yQ6f

Neck pocket routed and pickup holes taken to final depth.https://flic.kr/p/2i81Qf1The neck isn’t a very tight fit – do I need to do anything?

Truss rod end cover has just arrived – found a firm on eBay that will do custom lettering – ordered 20th Dec.   Sent them a rough idea using Windows Paint and they produced this…..https://flic.kr/p/2i7QZu9Works for me….