@jonhodgson Totally agree with Dan’s comments and would just like to add that routing the headstock shape can be tricky, maybe better to cut close to your template lines on the bandsaw then use belt sander and/or bobbin sander (if…   Read more»

Hi @jonhodgson  Love seeing progress photos and the story behind them. I wish I had access to the range of tools you have!  As someone that’s had chipout and had the collet robbing issue before, I feel your pain. I’m…   Read more»

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…… forgot to mention that it’s a 25.5 inch (648mm) scale length. 
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@jonhodgson Hi Jon,  On the plans that I have the back screws are 660mm from the fretboard side of the nut. The front screws seems to be 591mm. Sorry, I had to use a tape measure to measure it but…   Read more»

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And this is the explorer acoustic (with a double necked acoustic flying V for extra fun).

So not traditional X bracing then?!!

Hi @jonhodgson,
Drop me an email to darren.king@bagpress.com detailing what you are after and your delivery address and I’ll see what I can do.
Cheers
Darren

@jonhodgson I’m going to put some racing stripes down the middle of this Jazz bass and clearcoat it all, it’s that chameleon flip colour. I’ll use two white Pearl stripes I think. I’ll post it on Instagram too so your…   Read more»

Thanks, I’ve pointed him in the direction of your instagram and made positive comments about what I’ve seen of your work. I think he’s considering his options while he gets stuck into removing the old finish. @jonhodgson Thanks, I noticed…   Read more»

considering how much money people will pay for a reliced guitar maybe there’s a business opportunity here for a whole new class of buggered finish?

@jonhodgson 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Well, never say never. 👍

He just commented he might want to go for the same colour as his AC Cobra replica, which I can see working. @jonhodgson If you get me the colour code of the car, I can paint the guitar in the…   Read more»

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I think Bailey would be a good place to get a quote from. Mark has the best finish on any guitars I’ve seen and probably the longest lasting due to it being oil based.

@jonhodgson that makes sense, where I didn’t screw it up the superglue has worked perfectly and I would tempted to go the same route again but I seing whips to be more precise than how I did it. I watched…   Read more»

I prefer the black too.I do understand @jonhodgson though, but I then would rather keep the black scratch plate with white pickups and accents or perhaps cream ones, as white might be too much of a contrast (for me anyway).Because…   Read more»

Is every tool in your garage now tinted pink?

@jonhodgson No, I used surprisingly little pink candy paint, I only gave it two coats of the pink stuff. 

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thanks fer the tip…

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Good article. I’m quickly becoming aware that finishing well, will be one of the difficult tasks to do…
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Cheers @jonhodgson.  I was stretching a bit when thinking of possible upsides for that tool! 
There are “vintage” Eclipse 36s on eBay for <£20.  That’s probably a better approach that giving £60 to Rutland.
Thanks for the pointer.

This helps not only you and them but probably keeps society safer. Who knows what that sort of psychopath might get up to if they’re not kept busy? @jonhodgson Yes, mother said sanding and painting would keep me busy, didn’t…   Read more»

Don’t you mean you’ve carefully crafted an ergonomic radius offset?

@jonhodgson If only it would work like that, I would leave it. 

Who knows what that sort of psychopath might get up to if they’re not kept busy?

@jonhodgson Are you calling me a psychopath now? 🤣 😜 🤣