@liebe not so much sacrilegious as just plain weird! 🤣

@liebe spalted is good, un spalted can be quite heavy but good for a semi hollow like a thinline tele or that

@liebe 🤣 😀 😆

You’re on the right track with walnut, ash, sycamore/maple, and basswood—those are all solid choices and widely available in the UK/Europe. Walnut is a bit heavier but carves beautifully, ash (especia...

@liebe Thanks Dan, the unit was getting power from the battery, the tuner was working (therefore receiving a signal from the pickup) but the output from the unit had failed, or the cable between the p...

Done!👍😃I hope your friend surpasses his target and can do the repairs that are needed, I know from my own experience how it feels to have the Scottish weather start to intrude on your ...

@brie Very kind of you Brian, I appreciate it and so does my mate. I have still yet to create a proper workshop in one of my out-buildings, the weather really is a major issue for workshops in Scotlan...

Hi everyone, I started what I thought was a simple bit of maintenance on a Washburn EA16TS for a friend. The guitar has been stored in a case in the loft for a number of years and the brief was to che...

Well, that went well👍😃 I solved the bridge pin problem by pulling the pin out as far as it would come, then cut it with my fret end nippers, which allowed me to knock it back through t...

@liebe Thanks for this suggestion

Show time! oh and if you wonder: this instrument is unbelieveable light, only 600 grams   Attachment : 80FF7FC2-1E79-48D8-978B-43ADA8581D80_4_5005_c.jpeg Attachment : 0C2AC5D7-3CCC-452...

Almost there! Cleaning up the shell, oiling the fingerboard and neck,... Attachment : 35C65B77-DD29-47E4-9B9E-37A41A6D1FAD_4_5005_c.jpeg cleaning up the little ridge at the headstock Attach...

I made these little pins that will be placed at both sides of the fingerboard, around where the body meets the neck. Attachment : 3E89EC18-9F5C-45DC-8073-94355D81763C_4_5005_c.jpeg And cut out ...

It s time to prepare the top to be glued on the body. First I position the body and mark the bracings for the cuts. The braces should really fit tightly against the side of the body.We dont use any ke...

I then shape the back of the bridge, I fold it inwards with a sharp chisel, so there is only a little 'roof'just above the string holes. This will help keeping the strings in place when we tie a knot ...

Woah! I completely forgot about this forum and the fact I did not finish my build report here.more than 1 year since an update , djeez...Well here we go starting where we left off in december 2024 &#x...

Hey there, I've not used a super switch like that, but if you wire it backwards it should be super obvious. In a single coil the pickups would be counter wound and counter polarity for hum bucking pur...

@liebe thx for the reply. The thing with AI. is that it swiches the wires and the connections all the time so i started to doubt. I think @somethingnicer would now the answer he makes pickups. Prs tu...

With osmo I finish the neck first then oil, that's what I did on the copper tele with oak board. Worked great.

Black Beauty! Bery Nice Indeed.