the list stated a 11mm straight cutter for routing the truss rod channel Hi Tej, welcome to the best and most supportive guitar making forum in the world! You will find everyone is completely on your...

Welcome @tej ! It is a lot of fun, building guitars and man this forum is packed with nice people. You will love the great atmosphere here.

Ok, you got me, clearly one won’t suffice. I’ve committed to my self it’ll probably possibly perhaps be less than at least some 😬 @tej Good man. 🤘😁🎸

Let's be real for a moment here ... ... you're going to make a lot more than one guitar, so I'd plan for this being a journey. Ok, you got me, clearly one won’t suffice. I’ve committed to my self i...

From what I've read so far these forums don't seem full of the normal infuriatingly arrogant opinionated sorts I've encountered elsewhere which is very refreshing, so all in all my hopes are high that...

Let's be real for a moment here ... ... you're going to make a lot more than one guitar, so I'd plan for this being a journey. 😀 Each guitar you make, you'll learn some new skills and each...

You’ll have fun here for sure, especially if you have a good sense of humor (see how I spelled that "properly" @boo?) cause there are some real jokers around here... @mattbeels No, I’m not biting.......

Let's be real for a moment here ... ... you're going to make a lot more than one guitar, so I'd plan for this being a journey. 😀 Each guitar you make, you'll learn some new skills and each...

What are you thinking of *making* for your first guitar? @tv101 Now that's a question, I'm truthfully not sure, ideally I'd like to make an instrument that I never want to part with but also would li...

Hi and welcome @tej . i’m sure you will enjoy..

I would advise starting at the beginning with Mark Bailey’s “Build your own guitar course” @boo There was a design course I'd read it'd be best to look at before that, unles it's part of the same thi...

@tej Welcome to the mad house, insanity rules so let it rip

The heal transition and the volute areas need a little more work to get them a tiny bit neater the volute and heal are gonna be great after final sanding.. More like this? Attachment : IMG_2021...

Looks great @koendb the volute and heal are gonna be great after final sanding..

The heal transition and the volute areas need a little more work to get them a tiny bit neater Yes I agree @boo

I am pretty happy with the result so far, but what do you guys ( and girls) think? @koendb Yeah, I think it’s looking great. The heal transition and the volute areas need a little more work to get th...

Of course, after a while I completely forgot and just followed my intuition and what felt right. @koendb Boom! Nice work my friend. I love neck carving. 👍🎸

Some more pictures. I still have to fix some spots and try to eliminate high spots using scrapers. but that will be for another day. Attachment : IMG_20210407_233736885.jpg Attachment : I...

Looks Great @koendb. Very Smooth. 🙏🎸🙂🎶

Finally found courage to start carving and I just couldn't stop.I used a shinto rasp for the majority of the work, a halfround rasp/file for the transitions and lots of sanding blocks. Attachment :...