I'm in a learning curve again...in properly sharpening chisels and Plane[s] blades...i used to work with them as a young man but sent the blades out for sharpening, because time was $$$ and i lacked t...

Plane across the grain to take the thickness down to close to final, leaving about 0.5 mm depending on tear out.Sand or scrape the last part smooth.

@mario Hi Mario, Sounds like you are doing all the right things. It is just very hard work doing it by hand with a plane. Rosewood is renowned for being difficult to plane because of the high risk of ...

@russ great! Stewmac sells lots of parts and kits, but they’re $$$$. But to start out, try them their kits are very helpful.. afterwards I use tone-kraft for wire and Philadelphia luthiers supply fo...

@mario heeeey Mario. I hadn’t thought about making a tutorial, but maybe it would be helpful… in the meantime, this is chases video on it: There are tons of information out there about tonal quality...

@robin so wind count affects how sensitive your pickup will be, but the pattern in which it’s actually wound? Not so much… magnet type is another factor. There’s alnico 2,5,8 and ceramic, and they all...

@somethingnicer Thanks for taking the time to tell us how you go about making your own pickups, thats interesting stuff. Do you experiment with different windings to get different sounds?

Attachment : IMG_3130.jpeg Attachment : IMG_3129.jpeg Here are some pics from the process. The concept isn’t difficult. The tricky part is dealing with such small parts and such thin wire....

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Hey everyone, when I made my first post, I mentioned that I have been winding my pickups for awhile now, and many expressed interest in hearing about it. so I’ve always been interested in demystifyi...

Posted by: @mario I have estimated a total of 3.70 Kg for the complete guitar (I don't know how the finishing can increase this weight). That's *not* super heavy. For me, "heavy" starts at around 4...

@mario Good luck with your build

@mario One problem I think you might have with creating a hollow body is creating an acoustic chamber which will cause vibration around the body. Pick ups are slightly microphonic so the vibration wil...

@mario Hi Mario, Ash is commonly used wood for Stratocasters so it shouldn't feel too heavy once you have cut it out and finished the carving. If you follow the steps that Mark demonstrates in his cou...

Glue fretboard first and let it settle in a day with the truss rod and neck. Wood moves. Metal does not. Makes sense?

Hi @mario, if you put the frets in first the fret board will bend….a lot! Whilst not impossible, it would make positioning the fretboard accurately and then clamping it in position an absolute nightma...

@mario Hi Mario, it is normal procedure to glue the fretboard to the neck before putting the frets in. It is possible to put frets in before gluing the fretboard to the neck but it’s not advisable, it...

Or: cut the next slot where it should be then remove wood between the slots with a router to the depth of the slots and patch the gap with a piece of ebony and epoxy and sand the patch to the shape of...

Posted by: @mario Do you recommend me a way to "recycle" the first fretboard. When something similar happened to me I used the damaged fretboard to repair the mistakes I made in the next one! ǹ...

@marion I meant to set the veneer in loose but gluing would probably be better, leaving a small gap at the ends to fill with dust and glue. This can be made to look invisible with care. I would make ...