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You need good quality to start with. It’s impossible to get an edge on soft metal.  Do you have any particular brand names or a collection of older ones.

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You won’t be surprised if I say that Mark has a video on it

@koendb This is a photo of the scraper plane I use. It’s an expensive model as I chose an all brass construction to avoid rust problems due to not having any heating in my work area.I struggled with getting and…   Read more»

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I hope your build goes well. Planing by hand is tricky as one deep tear out can ruin a piece. I mostly use a scraper plane for thicknessing which takes longer but doesn’t tear.

Wait.. What.. I thought I was supposed to build a guitar. 🤔 😋 

@koendb I could really confuse you by saying “You are now cooking with gas” 🤣🤣🤣🤣 

Received these today ! Thanks Carol and Mark. Now it cant go wrong

@koendb Now you are cooking. Good luck. 👍

@koendb thanks 🙏 I checked around the join, there’s a gap (😔) on one corner where I’ve not fully seated it in the pocket on one side, I’d need a feeler gauge to measure it so it’s small. I checked…   Read more»

Go @koendb 222 jesus wept, I thought 75 was a lot.
Good luck man, this is definitely one to watch. As much as I’d love to build an acoustic, I’m with @boo on the ‘too many electric builds planned‘

@koendb I still like that guitar and what you played, it’s a tricky song. 🔥🤘😜🤘🎸🔥

wow man that looks absolutely stunning! Great job from the paint master! 👍 🤩 

@koendb Thanks very much, I do like to paint things up nice. ✨✨✨✨🎸✨✨✨✨

I am starting to collect all my material, tools etc.. to prepare for my first acoustic build. @koendb Good for you sir.  Every so often, one more of you makes the jump and commits to building an acoustic. I feel…   Read more»

I’ll just watch it once, start all over when I am done

Sounds like a good plan @koendb 👍

Wow, look at you go @koendb! Best of luck but, you’ve got this. Incidentally I’m currently watching the acoustic course as well, just for fun though. Maybe I’ll build one someday, maybe… How far along are you? I’m on lesson…   Read more»

@koendb Nice hunter gathering, it’s always good to consider older gear, some real bargains can be found. 👍

@Boo @Koendb. Ok yes it took 3 days. Kinda cheated. Already had a preradiused fretboard and rough cut on the neck made prior and my friend sent me full set templates for easy routing. Just flowed along nicely and before…   Read more»

I think you would need to have a bit of a redesign around the neck pocket area if you want to convert to a bolt on (to add some sideways support). @koendb True but it wouldn’t be much of a…   Read more»

Great work @koendb! Personally I think the black pickups look great. 

@koendb that looks incredible, I really need to pull my finger out and glue my neck in. Every time @markbailey says ‘be careful not to…’ that’s always where I end up 🤣 🤣    Genuinely excited to see your finished…   Read more»

that looks amazing! Awesome job

@koendb Thanks very much, I’m still building up the coats of oil. 👍

@koendb That looks amazing, great work. 👍 
 
It would look even better with zebra pickups. 🤘😁🤘🎸