I now have two new guitars. Yahoo! The online course works like a charm. Attachment : C7172952-64FF-467E-AECF-AC4F86AC7CFC.jpeg Attachment : 65D69668-2437-46FA-9AED-8E246001D280.jpeg

Thanks! Without amplification I would say they sound about the same. Maybe the solid one has a tad more sustain. The solid one has a brighter sound plugged in, but they have pickups of different make ...

Nice work @swepri. All these headaches are great learning experiences........ for you and us. Thanks for making the mistake first. 😂 🙏🎸🙂🎶

Wow that wood grain is super beautiful! How does it sound in comparison with your solid body guitar? 😎 Cool shape on the body and headstock!

@swerpi That curly birch looks fantastic.

@swepri. those look great. That figure looks amazing. Really making me want to try my hand at an electric. 🙂

This one took time and gave me some headaches along the way. I had to sand back the first try with waterbased laquer, because I sanded througt and ruined the stain. So now it is Danish oil instead, ex...

@nsj I was wondering what the advantages of a roasted maple neck would be, so did a bit of googling too and came up with this, Improves tone of the wood (clearer and richer) Better tuning stabil...

Here's me-the-cynic ... Those are - mostly - relative advantages, ie improves, better, lighter, increases, more. So the question is relative to what? TBH, I've never had a problem with fret sprou...

I can say this neck feels pretty light compared to a previous one made from the same wood not baked. I was mainly interested in the colour and stuff, heard plenty talk about it, thought I'd try it. ...

Ahhhh - I’ve never used anything other than fairly plain woods for necks, so never had that experience (thankfully!).

So far this neck weighs about 570g, still got to do the heel too Attachment : 20230108_023736.jpg Attachment : 20230108_023750.jpg

@tv101 @koendb well who would have thought it, how nice to know you were thinking of me....thank you I hope everyone had a great Xmas and will have a great 2023.... So, I got off my arse and guess wh...

Decided after a bit of googling to have a go at roasting some maple, did gas mark 5.5 for an hour or so then gas mark 7 for 30 minutes. I cut a scarf joint so it'd fit in the oven lol Attachment : ...

@nsj I'm now thinking about a possible steel barrel or such that I can suck the air out of and stick on a bed of hot embers, put something inside to support the maple. I think it's generally done und...

@robin in a vacuum, no air, no expansion, no expansion , no boom! No new method of transport lol Besides, I'd send the wife to check on it 🤣

I like a bit of mad professor experimentation! Particularly when i'm not in the room ...

So far so good, think I'll make this one to fit my first build, it's the only one I haven't made the neck for. Used Mark's method shapping today, a lot quicker than the gazillion facet method I was us...

Happy new year all! Hi NSJ, embers will become very cold very quickly in a vacuum as there will be no oxygen to sustain combustion but I guess you are effectively talking about placing the evacuated ...

With that hammer, I’m not sure that you’d even need to cut slots!!