That's what I had intended doing with 33mm thick mahogany plank, Mark looked at the grain direction and recommended that I should cut 50mm strips, turn them 90 degrees and glue them. I was struggling ...

@clinton Good work there with the scarf joint and sawing that cap, which is a beautiful piece of wood. Nice choice of wood for the neck too, Koa. I went with cherry for my neck. I like doing scarf joi...

Well, I also made some kerfing planes in different width kerf sizes. 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 inch. This one is the 1/8 inch. You score a line with a 1/2 inch depth all tge way around the board and it sets a gui...

@clinton My Diy frame saw. I like that saw, how much practice does it take to for such a straight cut ?

@boo I’m using a 1” blank that is long enough for me to cut pieces off to stack at the heal and headstock ends. That's what I had intended doing with 33mm thick mahogany plank, Mark looked at the...

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I’m a gardener and my season has been devastated by Covid. You're not alone. We have a gardener here (just 1 day/mth) and he said much the same - as soon as lockdown hit, he found lots of his client...

Nice start Mr Boo! Thanks man, I’m going to enjoy this build very much. Keep posting the pics, and we can enjoy it too! I'll enjoy yours from a distance, rather than my own!

Nice start Mr Boo! @tv101 Thanks man, I’m going to enjoy this build very much.

Work (the paid sort) has just got madly busy. @tv101 You are lucky in that respect, I’ve very little paid income atm. I’m a gardener and my season has been devastated by Covid. I’ve had a few jobs in...

Nice start Mr Boo! I’m really struggling for workshop time at the moment. Work (the paid sort) has just got madly busy.

Yes - agree with choice of B - option A leaves you in the same situation as an amp with a guitar lead plugged in - buzzzzzzzeeeee! @forcesterbill Thanks for the second opinion Bill, much appreciated....

@cheesewhisk Nice job with the design and drawing, it’s a build I want to do at some point too, it’s a shape I’ve always loved.

I think I read in an earlier post that you aren’t going to use a pickguard on this one? How about a top? Just thinking that to permanently hide that neck joint is highly unlikely, unless you’ve got a...

Thanks Matt, yeah definitely gone and done it now 🙂 The headstock is part Mark's template so I know it'll work and part trying something of my own, as for the body I actually traced around a Harley Be...

Not quite, going to have to take a chunk out and glue it on.

Sounds good - Mahogany oiled with Gold sounds good!

Thanks @frocesterbill it's all getting exciting now it's actually moving on. I've got a 1pc mahogany blank for the body, then a mahogany neck blank and a rosewood (pre cut) fretboard from the shop her...

Well done - looks good - looking forward to watching the build. What woods are you going to use and what sort of finish?