Merry Christmas!

@russ My wife says to issue a virtual "kick in the nuts"... she hates Jethro Tull, and hates when I listen to it... of course, she was looking over my shoulder when I started listening to this!!

That is a beauty!

@boo Agreed, in-person in a workshop would be ideal... but alas, here we are! Can't wait to travel, and get in Mark's shop one day for a live build!

@bpower Thanks! I grew up on the east coast (Cape Breton Island). I love the east coast! I'll retire down there in a few years, hopefully!

@bpower One of my favorite bands. Many great songs!

I've posted in here before and lurked a while. I'm located in the Toronto, Canada area of the world... I watched Mark and Carol's "Build an Electric Guitar" live streams at the start of the pandemic...

I ended up in the exact same place, except, I was the idiot who created the board from a blank, and radiused it before I cut the taper... Mark's solution is how I handled it... successfully so far.

Some Canadian content for you all on this December day!

I've watched those videos by Uncle Doug! Good luck with your amp build!

@rockpile99 Thanks for the additional tips! I like the sawdust in the center of the block tip, as well as marking the edges of the board with a pencil to see when you've accomplished the correct thic...

@peter-johnson Those are all the reasons for me wanting one!!!

@russ Thanks! Feels like good progress!

@clinton Thanks! No marker dots on the fretboard, just the side only!

@clinton Got that done last night too! Attachment : IMG_1677.jpg

Was able to get my fretboard radiused accurately (thanks for the tips!), the neck carve completed, and frets in yesterday. Good progress. On to the body routes next. Attachment : IMG_1681.jpg ...

@clinton Thanks for the tips! I was able to get it completed last night, with patience and gentle pressure.

@tv101 That's why I do it! I forgot to mention - I keep telling her that guitar building is a "subtractive" process...

@tv101 I will try my best to think of it that way! Every time I come back into the kitchen from my shop in the garage, my wife says I must love sanding, because I'm covered in sawdust... I just tell ...

Thanks all! Basically, use the block on the fretboard, not the fretboard on the block, check center lines, and check measurements often. Patience is the name of the game. I need to stop seeing peopl...