That's the jobby!

One of our members Matthew pm'd me today asking about the curved chisel I use for carving the braces: (edit) - we now got Curved Guitar Makers Chisels in Stock! Attachment : GUITAR MAKERS CURVED C...

Yes you can still angle the headstock as normal ...the section where the fretboard is glued will stay flat. The 'neck' angle will be actually be cut into the body. Don't worry it will all make sense....

FYI: One alternative to a neck angle is to recess the bridge...but it is a bit of a cop out and you may have trouble fitting pickups/surrounds under the strings as they will be lower than normal. Not ...

You will likely need a small neck angle to ensure the strings arrive at the right height for the bridge - failure to do this will mean you are stuck with really high action. It is not too difficult un...

If you are worrying about string spacing at the nut then I highly recommend this tool from Stewmac: Keeps things simple...(it was a lot cheaper when I got mine yrs ago! - but I would not be without i...

To make a nut I would really need the guitar here- I can send you a blank but you would need to cut the slots and adjust the depth of each slot to suit the guitar... maybe it is time to invest in a se...

OK - but make sure you understand this first: 38mm E-E with 42mm overall width only leaves 2mm each side - I would say this is not enough. After you have the angle on the frets your playing surface i...

Hi John - I had a good look at the images...the good news is that it is far from a disaster...Looks great! The width at the nut is supposed to be 42mm and it measures 44mm, Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh...............

Hey John - Went pretty good thanks for asking! Sorry for the delay...it does rather take it out of me sometimes... Livestream was a no go unfortunately but here are some clips of the finished results:...

Holy Guacamoli ! That is a serious piece of kit - not for the beginner ;P We did this on the course once here in the workshop but just used a basic hot pipe in a wooden mould to clamp it into - Also w...

I'm always here folks....lurking....watching....waiting....

Hey Folks! I'll be running a 'real world exercise' starting tomorow PM - I'll see if we can't set up a livestream to let you all know whats going on... Over the next 5 or so days we'll be working on m...

There is no side elevation - you don't need it. What dimension are you looking for? To clarify: What is important is that the strings arrive at the right height for the bridge - this is covered in set...

The drawings and other usful stuff can always be found in the resources section at the end of each course - for eg here is the acoustic resource page

Might be the time delay spam filter thingy...leave it for a few hrs and try again...sorry ?

BTW Major Hero points available to anyone who posts video review of course with audio of guitar being played/strummed !

Ok, so I have now glued my first neck on with WHITE glue! GREAT! You will thank yourself if you ever have to remove it...we are building in future repairability...(it happens) BTW, you do all know t...

Posted by: darrenking Hey, I'd have a plan for that. A vacuum jig that I could position over the bridge to allow me to machine it off in layers until I got down to the bare sound board again. This wou...