Posted by: @swepri Man, you made me go straight out to the workshop and thickness/plane a new fretboard blank! @swepri That’s what I’m here for. 😆 What wood is it? What build are you plann...

@boo Man, you made me go straight out to the workshop and thickness/plane a new fretboard blank! 👍

Posted by: @abbbbbottttt I’ve correctly got a new question stuck in Awaiting Moderation. Is this related? @abbbbbotttt I think the best thing would be to email. 👍

I’ve currently got a new question stuck in Awaiting Moderation. Is this related?

Posted by: @mattbeels I’m guessing he’ll install the posts before the finish on the next one, d’oh! @mattbeels I would hope so, yes. 😆

Posted by: @poco7 I'm working on a kinda-sorta Gibson Les Paul style for my FIRST build. @poco7 Looking good there man, nice work. 👍

Attachment : POCO7_Guitar1DesignBuild.jpg @boo, @roddy, @lionhound, @petej Welcome - this is an awesome forum...great support... I'm fairly new as well timewise several months - I've been onboard ...

@roddy Good for you, glad you enjoyed your visit. Welcome to the forum and I look forward to seeing pictures of your design drawing and maybe of the building process.

@russ Thanks! Going for a tele style with single coils.

@roddy. Welcome Roddy. Enjoy the ride. What style of guitar are you going for? 🎸🙂🎶🙏

I visited Bailey guitars workshop on Friday for a guitar design session with Mark. I really enjoyed my visit, being in the workshop and seeing the guitars, as well as chatting to Mark and Carol who ar...

Posted by: @swepri I think I will have to start a new build soon. Hard to resist when seeing other builds.. @swepri Yeah, go for it. I have chosen to make building guitars part of my life, I’m alway...

@boo Looking good! I think I will have to start a new build soon. Hard to resist when seeing other builds... 😀

I had a pop at the other neck today. I’ve blended the nut area into the headstock and rounded all the corners over with various grades of sandpaper. The whole headstock is sanded to p320 grade now. Th...

I’ve had a couple of days off from guitar making to move some more stuff out of the house but I couldn’t resist carving the nut area into the headstock on one of these necks. I thought I would do the ...

Both look perfect for each of the bodies @boo. 🙂🎶🎸🙏

Posted by: @robin It looks similar to the stress fractures that I see in the gelcoat on my boat. I would guess that its the expansion around the hole as the post has been driven in or flexing of the ...

@boo It looks similar to the stress fractures that I see in the gelcoat on my boat. I would guess that its the expansion around the hole as the post has been driven in or flexing of the wood as its be...

Question for @markbailey please Have you seen this cracking paint effect before on a guitar? I think you probably will have. A friend of mine has painted a guitar and when he has hammered the bridge...

Posted by: @frocesterbill Any recommendations - need to work well clean and dirty….. @frocesterbill Iron Gear are pretty good for the cheaper end of the scale. I’ve used them on many builds and I th...