Laminated neck with a bandsman body shape and cap or drop top. yes a laminated neck! @rocknroller912 @koendb I’d been thinking about a laminated neck.  As it happens, one of my “tidy the workshop” jobs yesterday was to cut a…   Read more»

I think I’ve got to do some inlay work somewhere @koendb
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Binding too perhaps
 

Like that combination @koendb – good luck spraying and avoiding the flies & bugs! Final coat went on today! Did manage to catch some dust in the last coats, so I will need to sand those out a bit I…   Read more»

Like that combination @koendb – good luck spraying and avoiding the flies & bugs!

@Russ You posted Inventing The American Guitar twice 😉 Anyway.. Which one(s) do you consider to be must haves? Oops @koendb. I’ll delete one.  I think that you can’t go wrong with the Dan Erlewine books but I think the…   Read more»

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It’s fun getting new parts and gear! Nothing wrong with gathering parts before the glue up. Nope, not at all…

Lookin’ good there @koendb, nice color! 👍

Cheers @koendb.   And, I love the contrasting, wooden scratch plate. No nasty black plastic here @Boo!  That was some offcut from the body, thicknessed (or thinned) down to around 3mm, jointed and then stained.   What the pic doesn’t…   Read more»

Perfect! that would be for a shell pink nitro finish to complete my vintage color collection ( this guitar and my modded Ibanez RG420 in Surf Green @koendb Oooooooooo…….. Nice Ibanez, I love Ibanez, one of my favourite guitar manufacturers….   Read more»

That looks amazing!

@koendb Thanks man. 👍

I have Clear Satin to finish this. So not a high gloss finish. I dont think I would be achieving a good result with high gloss, due to my mediocre prep work ( sanding ). @koendb Oh yeah, it will…   Read more»

Lovin’ it @koendb. 💙 
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In the meanwhile I did my final coat for today and indeed I am trying to do it in  patterns.This is how it looks like  right now: @koendb Yeah that looks really good, nice and even with no runs. Nice…   Read more»

Pickups have arrived already!
I just have the feeling I am forgetting something 🤔 
ah yeah! I have to glue my body blanks first!

@koendb Yes, this happens a lot in guitar building. 😂

Started with the color this morning. 2 layers done, another one in half an hour and then letting it dry until tomorrow.It is not yet 100% covered. @koendb Looking good. Another tip: Try and not follow the same spraying pattern…   Read more»

This is one of my favourite guitar colours @koendb…… Daphne Blue? Sonic Blue? Looking good. 
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Scientific formula to accurately calculate the optimal number of guitars you should have. X = current number of guitars you currently own Y = The optimal number of guitars   Y = X + 1 @koendb I can confirm that…   Read more»

@koendb I still think it’s definitely harder to spray a guitar (or anything) with rattle cans than it is with a spray gun I think it s something I will probably invest time and money in at a certain moment,…   Read more»

@koendb What? Where? @mattbeels made perfect sense? I’m still looking. Where?  

LOL ! 🤣 

That makes perfect sense @mattbeels @koendb What? Where? @mattbeels made perfect sense? I’m still looking. Where? 🤣      If you have to stop spraying and continue later it’s a good idea before you start again in earnest to first…   Read more»