Truss rod is installed and fretboard is glued down. This time I rounded the end of the fillet at the heel end so there's no open gap. Attachment : 20220723_183345.jpg Attachment : 20220723_...

Posted by: @robin @wayne_f These problems we give ourselves never seem so bad after a good night's sleep, you'll fix it and it'll be fine. @robin That's very true. Sometimes it doesn't even take ...

@koendb Bakelite does get very brittle and I’m not sure about the best way to remove it. Try some warm water around the edges. At the time it was made people only used water based glue I think and it...

@koendb I've seen that you can get the "bar type" fret wire from . There are probably other places but that's the one that I seen and read about. I read about it from the fret book I got from stewmac...

@koendb That is a nice little project you have there and a smart little instrument. Unfortunately I can’t offer any help as I don’t have the first clue about these kind of instruments but best of luck...

@koendb The soundboard crack might be due to the pick guard being glued on as this prevents the wood from expanding and contracting naturally. I suggest taking it off and fixing with double sided tap...

@wayne_f These problems we give ourselves never seem so bad after a good night's sleep, you'll fix it and it'll be fine.

@robin I've compared the neck to the fretboard and the board is a bit wider. Your suggestion of blending the joint while carving sounds much better than scrapping the whole thing. After my last post I...

Posted by: @wayne_f Just got done out in the workshop a couple hours ago and I've run into another problem. I might need to scrap this and start over. After routing the profile of the neck I noticed ...

Keep them coming @jamesbisset. Another sweet wee song last night. 🍷 🎶🙂🎸🙏

@wayne_f I think Mark did a video on how to route a truss rod slot after the neck has been profiled. Search through the utube videos I’m sure you will find it. You could glue a veneer shim on the sho...

After routing the profile of the neck I noticed that the truss rod slot looked a little off. The template must have been off center. Now it seems like the neck is a little too narrow at the nut end. ...

Just got done out in the workshop a couple hours ago and I've run into another problem. I might need to scrap this and start over. After routing the profile of the neck I noticed that the truss rod sl...

Okay, finally posting some progress. Even though the project is just starting I've already made a couple mistakes. Fortunately those mistakes are not difficult to work around. First, I accidentally cu...

Posted by: @steveh There have been things that I got wrong first time and had to revisit, as well as things that I‘ve asked myself „What if I did this bit differently next time?“ @steveh Nice one St...

Thanks @boo, for your many wise words 😀 It certainly is part if the fun to fix the problems that arise as well as to solve challenges - most of my challenges came from my own inadequacies wit...

@koendb and by the way, I forgot to mention in my reply - that’s a really nice looking, very classic Flying V, I love it!

@koendb doing the sums is easy enough, but i wanted a visual representation, and I hadn’t found one online. The fretfind2d one looks great though - thank you for the pointer! cheers Steve

@koendb yeah, they are! My rubyburst was a kit, but I decided that I didn’t like the pickguard, and moved the control cavity from the front of the guitar to the back. Also, the nut had to come off and...

Hey there, everyone! So, the project guitar is finished (for a given value of „finished“ - there are some details to take care of yet). But it´s built and it plays nicely - certainly better than the d...