I hope my next project will be something along the lines of starting with a body blank, perhaps with a ready-made neck - making a neck still looks intimidating! My most advanced tools right now are a ...

Welcome to the builds

@stephen Sorry Stephen, that was terribly dimwitted of me, I apologise. You'll get used to Boo. Eventually .... 😆 😆 😆 Welcome Stephen! Kits is a good place to start in th...

No worries! We all have our moments 🙂 Thanks all for the warm welcome!

@stephen Sorry Stephen, that was terribly dimwitted of me, I apologise.

NI is just across the water, regardless of brexit, Northern Ireland still exists. @robin Doh! Of course it’s Northern Ireland, I was thinking it was an American state for some reason. 🤣

Welcome @stephen. Enjoy the ride. 🎶🙂🎸🙏

Hi @stephen and a welcome from me in SCO to the group. Post us some photos of what you've done so far. Just one question: Where and what is “NI”? Boo @boo NI is just across the water, regardless ...

@stephen Hey Stephen, welcome to our guitar making community, glad you could make it. Yep, it’s a very typical story, I played in bands and then had to get some real work to pay the bills too. ...

Hi @stephen Welcome to this awesome community!

Hi All, I've finally decided to take the plunge and connect with a community with an interest in guitar making! I've been playing guitar and bass (mostly bass) since I was a teenager, joined some ban...

Very impressive @bpower. 🎸🙏🎶🙂

There are a lot of tools you can buy for guitar building that would break the bank if you tried to get them all. What I can not afford I try and build until I can afford to get the nice stuff. For in...

Posted by: @ Turned out fine in the end, thanks! 🙂

@frank1985 how did you get on?

Thanks Mark for the advice, I will give this a go tomorrow!

There is plenty of room for error at this stage so it's probably just fine... Here is what to do: Ignore it...for now... Carve the 3rd facet and continue as normal... When you get to the 'Add more fac...

Hey guys, I’m in the middle of carving my first neck and have hit a (hopefully minor) snag. As you can see from the pics I’ve rough carved the side facets - one larger facet, and one smaller section t...

@robin, with regard to masking the holes, I meant I didn’t do that, not that I don’t intentionally! That said do you know how you would go about this?

I hadn't masked off the bridge post holes when I lacquer my current build @robin ok, so I don’t do that either but I like the solution. What I’m thinking now is to do that to get the built up finish ...