Fretboard on. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  E4A1DACE-54C7-46FC-A3D3-98E7F66833BC.jpeg

Scraper swarf. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  3C916A71-7E90-4F37-B103-1EB9EBB97B09.jpeg

Fillet scraped. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  7FEA41A5-6BF8-4F3D-9A0A-746474CEB4DF.jpeg

Fillet planed. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  D4B8358B-320F-47AE-843D-76EAFD8438AE.jpeg

Truss rod and fillet installed. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  662ECA6D-562D-4733-9C0A-04B36D966533.jpeg

It doesn’t look bad. Not bad at all! I really like that headstock design - simple and distinctive. And also useful for scratching that bit on your back that you can never quite reach. ?

Some neck carving going on. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  EEC03437-1FB0-462A-9CCE-EB93E263732A.jpeg

Time to rasp and file. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  9CF91A70-AA13-4D01-8845-57865908BDA8.jpeg

It doesn’t look bad. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  A998F512-E4D2-45AD-88DF-CBCE9B1A2511.jpeg

Tuner holes drilled out and test fitted the tuners. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  0E6FFCAA-A400-46DE-A219-66A28BAD7F16.jpeg

Marked out the tuner holes. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  0DFD0835-BC09-4A24-94CE-4A1D89FE2EEC.jpeg

Refining the shape. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  494C2FEB-2BF1-4A1D-A94D-8164075F089A.jpeg

Carrying on the bridge theme - what about something about different trem systems...........

Hi Mark, What about a wee session on what types of bridges and other hardware fit best with the different styles and shapes of guitar. Cheers, Russ. ✌️???

Attachment : 20150314_162008.jpg Here you can see the carve blends in the extra thickness. I was feeling quite chuffed with myself at this point. This point was just before the next point. The ne...

Next stage, glue the cap to the body, and then start carving the cap ... Attachment : 20150308_142132.jpg You can see the difference in thickness in the pic above. The outer ledge is a contact...

... back out with the thicknessing jig, and a nice thick piece of birds eye maple. Attachment : 20150307_120654.jpg This is going to be thicknessed into a wedge shape ... Attachment : 20150...

Attachment : 20150303_150549.jpg That's about 6mm-8mm taken off the top, and a nice sharp edge created. Guess what happens next ...

Because the strings were going to be so high at the bridge point, the obvious first step in the fix was to make the body thinner, and therefore to make the strings even higher at the bridge. Attach...

Step1. Sort out the weight issue. Attachment : 20150303_130217.jpg Attachment : 20150303_131340.jpg Nothing too cunning about that. But a good place to start. Cunningness comes later...