No matter what...you always need more clamps.. the build looks great Robin.

Another step forward, thats the cap glued and clamped. Needs more clamps ?

And a preview, with the neck template and bridge sitting in place, of what it might look like. Attachment : 20200903_170516.jpg

Another step forward, thats the cap glued and clamped. Attachment : 20200903_192111.jpg

@tv1010101 Iv'e just found this template on my internet pop up adverts, looks like I'm not the first to have done out of alignment f holes. I didn't make any progress with it yesterday, the rain stop...

Iv'e cut the second f hole now Ahhhh, well, in that case, it looks just fine ? Seriously, be good to see how this build evolves. Always interesting to watch, and see how all the various challenges g...

@tv1010101 The bottom one is smaller, there's a few reasons why. I originally hadn't intended to have f holes at all. The top one is there and is so large to disguise the three attempts I had pluggin...

Crafty design work @robin! A question ... I wonder how the f-holes being out of alignment (and is one smaller than the other?) will look on the finished guitar. If you've moved the lower one just to ...

Iv'e started on the cap for my under the caravan scrapwood guitar. I'd tried unsuccessfully to disguise the black stained nail holes. So with a bit of rethinking and strategic positioning I can remove...

@darrenking Yes, I can relate this to sailing again, my time hasn't been totally wasted, the same principal as making a wooden mast or spar.

@robin And if the grain is running at an angle through the plank you can cut two pieces and glue them so that the grain forms a “V” on the end. Its all about trying to make sure the neck doesn’t have ...

@johnnierox-boo Thank you for taking the time to post such an interesting response and I agree about challenging accepted wisdoms(!) I am at the sharp end of some very deep seated guitar snobbery (not...

@darrenking Thanks for the advice Darren, I'll certainly check the grain. All I know so far is that it's 144x33.5x1880mm, so I should get something useful out of that.

@robin Check the direction of the grain as you want the neck to be a close to quarter cut as possible ie the running perpendicular to the fret board. If your plank has the grain running across the boa...

Posted by: @ @darrenking I think they sound good and perfectly serviceable. Everything is worth challenging and softwoods may not be quite as good as hardwoods, they are perfectly acceptable for the...

@tv1010101 I'll give it a go and time will tell. It'll be a couple of weeks before I can go to collect the mahogany, I should be ready to start the neck by that time.

Can I glue a bit on to thicken it at the heel for a set neck I'm pretty sure that I've seen commercial builds done exactly like that, so I don't see why it would be a problem.

A freind has offered me a piece of mahogany that has been laying in his farm workshop for 15 years. He reckons I could get four necks out of it. It's only 33mm thick, so probably a scarf joint for the...

I’m curious as to how the softwood body affects the sound of the guitar. Traditional teaching would suggest that it may not be that great but who cares? @darrenking As long as you use the right sort ...

my router was falling into the cavity doing the larger bit, I'll need to make a wider router base plate soon. @robin I struggled for years with the same problem with my router. It was watching one o...