Was reassebling this fella with it's lovely new neck Attachment : 20230206_001254.jpg Then I noticed this! Attachment : 20230206_001248.jpg I know it's in my little room somewher...

Carve through the top and let the body wood show? Could almost make it look a bit like a binding maybe. But yeh, I was going over my early builds, it's great. Taking the experience and what I'd lear...

I've never really bonded with the guitar. It's not that old - the last 2-3 years probably - but it didn't turn out as well as I'd envisaged, so it's been left in a corner pretty much. The specs shoul...

I find masks a real pita - usually make my glasses steam up - so I don't typically bother with them unless I'm doing something either *really* messy, or using some of then nastier timbers. But I do tr...

Glad that you are ok! Good with a reminder. I had no idea that dust from woodworking could be dangerous until last year when I started doing some stuff myself and started watching videos about woodwor...

@rathius Oh man, that sounds really bad. Yep, health and safety should always come first, you got to wear a mask for almost everything when guitar building or any woodworking. I leave mine on all day,...

DUST MASK!!!!!!! WEAR YOUR $?/@#¥€ DUST MASK!!! UGH! Sometimes you just have to learn the hard way. Felt like I was gonna die. So 2 weeks ago I just got plum stupid. First I took my new control cavity...

Thats a good save @clinton. It looked pretty nasty in the photo. I guess, unless you’re building a faithful re-creation of a well-known design, then most aspects of a build can be flexed to respond ...

Thanks @rathius. This one has been on pause while I tried to get to the end of my working year, and progressed the other build. Almost finished the messy work on the other build now, so will be able t...

So you could use a recessed jack then claim the notch is because you use a 90 degree cable that connects to your wireless rig attached to your strap. Art is art, you decide what something is and why i...

Wow looks good , share the more pictures ..

@tv101 saved it. Rasped a contour shape and sanded. Looks good now. Not much of a big deal as I thought it would.

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I add it towards the end, sometimes thin the headstock and sometimes don't, depends on the tuners and how long the posts are. Often I'll add it and leave a slot for the nut between it and the end of t...

Spot of radiusing this afternoon, only took 20 - 30 minutes with the lovely long beam and 80 grit. Attachment : 20230203_170301.jpg

@tv101 bet his cakes are awful 🤣

Mr Bailey makes exceedingly good tools. 👍

Got a bit more done today, headstock all shaped Attachment : 20230202_171840.jpg And a lot of the neck shape roughed out, carving the back and radiusing the board next I think Attachme...

Meant to say too that my new file arrived, I have a couple of iwasaki, shinto etc but liked the look of the Mark Bailey special! I'll be trying it out on the neck carve. Attachment : 20230130_13...