Welcome @swepri! This is a great community and you’ll get all the help and support necessary, have fun!

Awesome work @koendb!

I have the SM nut spacing rule @rocknroller912 and I wouldn’t slot a nut without it. It’s a bit fiddly but it works well and it covers every spacing for nuts and bridges that you would ever use, indis...

Excellent @bpower!

Welcome @steveh and best of luck with your build! The drawing looks good so far but don’t worry about slow progress because after all, you’ve taken your first step into a larger world…

He fell out of a tree?!? @rocknroller912 I remember a story about him falling off a ladder at home in his library, at least that’s what I remember…

Great job on turning that junk room into an awesome workspace @seanf but don’t paint the walls! That brick is beautiful and full of character if you ask me.

Welcome back @frocesterbill, I hope that you’re enjoying your retirement! Looking forward to seeing the amp take shape, cheers!

Congratulations @wayne_f, you did a great job!

I haven’t @robin but as far as I know Trend makes (or has made) good stuff. I imagine they will work for at least as long as your old bits, let us know how they perform.

Welcome @tyreman! An electric 12 string sounds fun, that is if you enjoy spending half your time tuning and the other half playing out of tune, enjoy!

Those scales look really cool @boo!

Ahh @rathius, you wrote that your family was from the UK and I clearly misread that you were… Enjoy!

Welcome @rathius! Great story and glad that you checked in! How did you end up smack dab in the middle of Kentucky?!?

So @tej how did it go with them Hot Slags?

I love ash for guitar bodies @tej but personally I wouldn’t consider using it for a neck. However I’m interested to see how it goes for you, good luck!

You learn a ton about instruments by doing repair & tech work and it’s fun and rewarding but you need to keep a sharp lookout for the pitfalls which are lurking around the corners. Have fun with ...

Good job @robin and welcome to the world of Guitar Repair!

Crazy how that guy removes his respirator immediately after spraying, their extraction must be state of the art and then some!

Yup @steveadams you guessed it, I can’t view this one either dag nabbit!