@frocesterbill re gluing the body: I've used ratchet clamps before and even tape in a pinch - you don't need massive clamping pressure if you prepped the surfaces well enough...

Thought I would start the body. First bit was to rout out the cavity - the mahogany blank is about 41mm thick so the cavity needs to be 29mm deep. I created a pattern the edges are 15mm thick. Transfe...

I’m trying not to miss taking pics of stages - I totally missed taking any pictures of the cavity routs on my Tele - I had glued the cap in place and put the clamps on before I remembered....

Hi Bill Many thanks for posting these pics. I do find it interesting to see other people's builds, and their very tidy workshops. So the more the merrier please. I was rather timorous and didn't uploa...

Rumbling on here in sunny (was today) Frocester - profiled the neck - was a bit of a coward at the nut end and stopped and started a bit short of the mark but otherwise OK. Will get in there with my...

Change that to I will have sash clamps by tomorrow - Rutland Tools sent me an email with details of their clamps and two minutes later a £20 off voucher in another email - also ordered my Liberon Fini...

I have a two piece Ovangkol cap bought ready to join - I don’t have sash clamps. How do I glue the two bits together?

The old iMac in the ‘workshop’ was scrapped from work because it couldn’t be updated to the current operating system - it is now running Neverware the Google OS so I can watch the Guitar Making videos...

Headstock thicknessed and tuner holes drilled - tested holes with tuners..... Extended/widened the channel for truss rod at nut end and tested that I can adjust truss rod with Allen key.

Mark - how would you open it up?

Woohoo - looking great! Don't forget I am here to answer your Q's if you need any help... FYI: Don't worry - It will be fine... but for next time: The wider part of the truss rod slot should go right...

Started...... Baileys now supply a 6mm truss rod - it needs the slot making a bit wider at the nut end as the adjuster is slightly more than 6mm. Headstock angle cut and truss rod slot widened at end...

I do need to keep a clear work space!

Making a start - routed a test slot for my truss rod into a bit of kitchen work top - only worried about the width at this point... Hope to get up courage and cut real truss rod slot later this week....

The workshop - a bit of my garage - going to get cold in the middle of winter but was a reasonable temp just now.

Pics pics pics! Pls...!

Nearly ready to start - guitar kit has arrived - the wood looks lovely. Why Arthur you may ask? The guitar will hopefully be chambered so is sort of semi-acoustic - semi = half - half a guitar - sou...

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Flying V to start off the year. Welcome to Baileyland.

Welcome to our little world. Warning - guitar building can damage your wealth but is very good for you! I'm ready to get started on my 5th build - this time an acoustic following the online course - n...