[quote data-userid=”14148″ data-postid=”26290″] So I’m also going to take another look at my 2 year old unused bottle. When I squeeze it the glue doesn’t move. But I turned it upside down yesterday and today the glue is at the…   Read more»

@liebe Thanks Dan. It looks like black superglue is thick. 03a describe theirs as medium thick.  I’ve just ordered a 20g bottle from http://www.smallwonder-music.co.uk/shop/Tools-and-Finishing/Superglue/p-123-494/ because £6.95. Small Wonder says, “Black Superglue tends to be thick in consistency so I usually…   Read more»

No mishap. It’s been on the drawings from the beginning. https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/my-first-laminated-semi-hollowbody/ How could I, a simple brute peasant,…   Read more»

@robin You’re a bad man 😉 My darling wife told me not to be such a fussy bugger. and I’ve decided this is a prototype – a proof of concept. But I really need to work on these slipping glue…   Read more»

After an extended hiatus, I went back to the workshop to glue on the back.

I made a couple of MDF clamping rings to help distribute the pressure and hold everything in place. Notice the wooden clamp in the…   Read more»

@rathius Confirmed. The ES-339 is like the ES-335, with a solid maple block wrapped in laminated top, back and sides. However, Gibson have also made the CS-336, with a chambered mahogany body and a carved maple top. There’s lots of…   Read more»

@rathius The sides of the ES335 and ES175 are laminates, not part of a routed solid body. Full details in this video: https://youtu.be/uVU86GGV07A Would I be right in surmising that the 339, on the other hand. is a very routed…   Read more»

@tv101 Well, James Bisset Volume 1 didn’t get onto the longlist for Scottish Album of the Year Award, but it did get onto TV’s gizmo. 
I know which one means most to me.

Or… A pedalboard! Mwahaha!

@robin I had thought that position 5 would be a good combination of 1 and 2, but now I don’t know…

@tv101 No preamp, no battery. Life is complicated enough.

Position 1

Position 2
 

Position 3

Position 4

Position 5

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And that’s why I’ve got a K&K Big Twin to fit inside the guitar body. https://www.kksound.com/big-twin Two pickups – where should they go? I’ve run a few tests just to see. I stood an electric guitar on top of the…   Read more»

Oh yes. The Cunning Plan. Another reason for building this guitar is the attempt to smuggle an electric guitar…   Read more»