Success with redrilling the tuner holes today. Glued the plugs in yesterday and sanded flat today. Plunged a 3mm hole with my dremel the drilled with a 4mm to 12mm step drill. I drilled each step from...

@markbailey Lockdown Lucy will be a big miss I'm so used to seeing it in the background on every live stream. Please take a photo and put it where we can all see it. I was trying to think of a few wor...

After myhowling balls up with that neck the other week, I wanted something to do whilst waiting for replacement wood so I decided to revisit the first guitar I made. It started life as single humbucke...

After listening to Mark on Wednesday I thought I would post pictures of one of my latest builds. This is Bosnian flamed maple back and sides with Sitka spruce top, Mahogany neck with Ebony fingerboard...

The short answer is “thereabouts” because you have some fine adjustment available by moving the saddles back/forwards on the Tele bridge. I would set my saddles in the middle (ish) of their adjustment...

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Today I’ve also drilled holes for other bits of hardware hardware and test fitted it all. Attachment : 10718FD6-78B9-4E6F-B749-724613886D26.jpeg Attachment : 554F286B-8E8D-4D5D-896B-ABF4C8...

Flat and level. Attachment : FE1F78F4-6953-42DD-B44A-7848186D06F3.jpeg

So it’s official: I signed the contract for my new workshop yesterday and will move in March 1st! Possibly a but sooner depending on how fast the current tenant moves out. It will be a total of 6 mont...

which kind of paper do you put in between when you are glueing both cap sides together? I use the inner bag from breakfast cereal boxes, the glue doesn't stick to it.

@clinton looks cool, f-holing sounds kinda rude 😆

F-Holing Attachment : IMG_3429.MOV

@peebee Great job!

Looking real good!

I think the blank will have to remain as a practice piece as it is bowed and there are a couple, admittedly small, splits in it. Don't give up on it Peebee, I'm having fun with my bit of scrap. At...

Some progress today. Only balls up was routing the full depth of the pick up before the neck pocket, but luckily managed to rout the neck pocket to full depth as the body is thinner than a real one, b...

Good job @peebee Glad to hear you were able to work around that neck joint problem! Looks like you’ve got some carving to do, best of luck!

Started the carve today. Attachment : 20210120_105414.jpg Attachment : 20210120_104345.jpg Attachment : 20210120_101324.jpg Attachment : 20210120_102946.jpg Attachment :...

Thanks everybody!

I see what you are saying about the truss slot. Add a veneer on your headstock and will be all good.