Removed them from the pallet and offered them up to the body blank for assessment, which one goes where. Attachment : 06351995-1D05-4844-8CE6-8328A49B094D.jpeg Attachment : 00131D02-2E87-4...

Cleaned off with some spirit wipe and they look pretty nice. Attachment : 9890ACAC-0BA5-40EC-A392-2FBEB38D4018.jpeg Attachment : A7AC9401-2796-49BE-881E-CDF6DF96DD74.jpeg Attachment ...

Burn, cool and sand. Attachment : 85A7895B-FF6D-4293-B2FE-7FEE912E2997.jpeg Attachment : CD8168C7-8037-405F-9DB4-19DCE16C69A8.jpeg Attachment : 2C7077B5-5DEE-49B7-95E4-FAF9731CD260.j...

I only use HT (heat treated) stamped pallets. Attachment : DD61B6B2-1B04-4F55-893F-DCDE1F1F87B2.jpeg

OK, time for another Barncaster build. This one is for a friend in America who is having cancer treatment and is part of the guitar building community, he also plays. It’s another project I’m doing wi...

Welcome Riccardo - we are all friendly here!

@riccardo Welcome to the community !

@riccardo I know I have bought the tusq nut I used from stewmac. Probably a better place to get them but that's what I decided to go with. Have you purchased everything else you need for the guitar b...

Thanks for all the support guys, I really appreciate it. So I'm now about to start my drawing and getting a few things together. Mark says to get a nut as follows 'Nut: 3/16” Tusq slotted'. I have ...

Welcome @Riccardo. I am also a first timer and have already learnt so much from Mark's videos and from everyone here in the forum. Don't be shy to ask questions as everyone is amazing and will help wh...

that looks really good,.. clean work! @koendb Thank you, I like to keep things as precise as possible, accuracy is something I aspire to.

@Boo that looks really good,.. clean work!

Ok, I’ve cleaned up the edge of the body, using the body routing template (pattern) and the router. I’ve also routed approximately 2.5mm deep, a recess for the control cavity cover plate to sit in. ...

Couple more pics. Attachment : F4D29806-0DB2-4A2A-B805-2A256F705EFF.jpeg Attachment : 9D66D29A-FE3E-461D-BD5F-D5DB491E1D4D.jpeg Attachment : D306ABCA-621E-4956-9C8A-41F05399F4FC.jpeg

The body is rough cut from the bandsaw but I couldn’t resist putting the neck in and putting everything in place. Tomorrow I’ll route the body shape to get a cleaner edge and then it’s a lot of sandin...

Finally got the body cut out on the bandsaw. Attachment : E2B01452-9D56-4544-9103-6491ACA22EFC.jpeg Attachment : 4B8979E5-A498-4092-94D9-B8B91C7FE9F0.jpeg Attachment : 1290B29F-6B93...

Control cavity routed and controls test fitted. Attachment : 06966ED7-9E02-4B03-9372-EC9156D35BEF.jpeg Attachment : 639F98EE-56B1-48D0-9C73-D07730178D6A.jpeg

Pickup cavity routed and pickup test fitted. Attachment : 1521BA4A-ED86-467C-89E2-73D0B51F0038.jpeg Attachment : 587791FD-5475-4949-972C-1DA47140F92A.jpeg

I finally got around to getting more work done on this guitar build today. Attachment : 2C6805AD-7F90-49FC-B3AD-E40A13FC1877.jpeg Attachment : 409186F4-F62C-4428-9C31-1331A81E889C.jpeg ...

Here’s one for all the people who suck at routing, no names we know who we are.