Next stage, glue the cap to the body, and then start carving the cap ... Attachment : 20150308_142132.jpg You can see the difference in thickness in the pic above. The outer ledge is a contact...

... back out with the thicknessing jig, and a nice thick piece of birds eye maple. Attachment : 20150307_120654.jpg This is going to be thicknessed into a wedge shape ... Attachment : 20150...

Attachment : 20150303_150549.jpg That's about 6mm-8mm taken off the top, and a nice sharp edge created. Guess what happens next ...

Because the strings were going to be so high at the bridge point, the obvious first step in the fix was to make the body thinner, and therefore to make the strings even higher at the bridge. Attach...

Step1. Sort out the weight issue. Attachment : 20150303_130217.jpg Attachment : 20150303_131340.jpg Nothing too cunning about that. But a good place to start. Cunningness comes later...

I thought up a cunning plan. @markbailey will be along shortly to explain a much simpler way of fixing this issue, and then I'll kick myself. It actually took me about a year to fix ... because it spe...

This is a build rescue story, from a few years ago (so you can read, safe in the knowledge that it has a happy ending!). A few years ago, I was gifted a guitar. Actually, it was an unfinished project...

He needs a memorable phrase that we can all keep front-of-mind when we're doing stuff ... 😉 That would be good wouldn't it..... leave ot with me 😉 it’s just about getting the ratio ...

I fear we're wandering off topic!

Well done you! Let someone else sort out Brexit whilst you get on with the really important things in life - like your first acoustic build!

I've just declined a contract extension offer @darrenking! Work made me miss the second half of Weds' live stream, and there *are* limits to what I sacrifice for work. Priorities, etc.

@tv101 I thought you had a lot of work on! 🤣 🤣

I'm nice, but I'm not that nice!! I was offering a trade @darrenking - thought you wanted some kindling. I've got some very nice twigs to trade. I'd not normally consider swapping them for some use...

@tv101 I did say that they were for practicing on so no, I'm not giving away beautiful, perfectly quarter cut maple neck blanks. I'm nice, but I'm not that nice!!

PS If you have any kindling going spare...... Hang on @bagpress ... are you offering to swap bags of kindling for some nice maple neck blanks?? I've got a lot of old twigs and branches here, perfect ...

When this kind of thing happens to me (yes believe me it does) the best thing is to put it down and do something else for a bit.. Quite seriously, on the build (and cock-up) that I admitted in the th...

When this kind of thing happens to me (yes believe me it does) the best thing is to put it down and do something else for a bit...Things never look as bad the next day and there's always something you...

@james-chacewatergmail-com-2 if only Mark had warned me....... I had a similar moment when I routed a radius on the back of my body, the router guide fell into the neck pocket and took a bite out o...

Ouch... 😮 Folks who think 1 piece bolt on necks are easier take note. For future reference if anyone has any problems like this it is better to ask - that's why we are here 🙄 Some me...

@james-chacewatergmail-com-2 Catatonic, but warm!