@liebe Thanks for the link Dan, now I’ve looked I remember having a browse through the tops a while ago, memory not what it used to be!!🤣🤣

Well this turned out nice, sounds great, plays great but I'll probably get a green arm at some point lol Final video will be up in a day or two on my youtube, NSJGuitars Attachment : SquarePic...

I was fortunate to be able to grab a CNC machine a couple of years ago (a friend was upgrading and so selling his old machine). It's really just a router but controlled by the computer rather than a...

Think it's a (very) occasional special sale thing @brie. I managed to grab some a few years ago when they had a clear out of old bits and pieces. I now have way more tops than I'm ever going to use t...

@liebe Great work Dan, you got a real production line going there!! Really like the woods you’re using for the tops, would like to know more about Mark and Carol’s discount tops bin (don’t see anythin...

@liebe You appear to have been very successful finishing this guitar, it looks really well. I’ve never used that product but I might just try it after seeing this, I’m always up for trying new things....

And a bit more, tops glued on, edges filed and sanded over and my tele neck pickup ring finally arrived. Also copper on headstock and logo on trussrod cover. Drilled the temp screw holes I used to hol...

As usual it's all on my youtube including the cheek clenching latest episode lol

Dear reader, it was too thick to go through the nozzle. I took the nozzle off and managed to squeeze out a glutinous blob, but I’m not going to risk that on my headstock or inlays.

@jamesbisset. Little tips for looking after your super glue, James. Keep it in the fridge inside a sealed plastic bag upright so all the glue sits in the bottom of the bottle. Before you put it in t...

I don't recall seeing that finishing approach before - what prompted you to try that? It's certainly looking good in the pics. I've never finished a build without a similar opportunity presenting ...

@liebe Thanks Dan. It looks like black superglue is thick. 03a describe theirs as medium thick. I’ve just ordered a 20g bottle from because £6.95. Small Wonder says, “Black Superglue tends to be thi...

@boo 👍 will check and email THANKYOO

@liebe it'll either be extra quiet or extra noisy lol

Cut my first ever f hole today and glued the plate on the headstock Attachment : 20240513_122858.jpg Attachment : 20240513_145225.jpg

@brie Yeh basically a neck through. Anyway been back at it, F hole next Attachment : 20240506_160438 (1).jpg Attachment : 20240508_233353 (1).jpg Attachment : 20240509_145720.jpg...

After recently getting an all new heating system installed I ended up with the old copper tank from the attic and had a crazy thought. What about making a guitar from it? First things first I cut the ...

Excellent. To be fair, that was implied by your titling of this thread ("my first laminated semi-hollowbody" implies that you were planning a second and maybe a third, fourth, fifth and more), so rea...

No mishap. It’s been on the drawings from the beginning. How could I, a simple brute peasant, reference the classic elegance and sophistication of D’Angelico and D’Aquisto? Simples. A wee hole. Almo...

@jamesbisset The edges glued well, with no gaps, but of course the back moved when I wasn’t looking. It’s cosmetic, because without a centreline you wouldn’t know but grrrr... If the misaligned cen...