@swerpi, what wattage is your laser? It seems birch ply is a preferred material for cutting too, mdf is apparently to dense. A bit of air assist and multiple passes should work. My thinking is to maybe use some thinner…   Read more»

Well that’s the body all sprayed, just got to finish the finish on the neck
 

I think your thinking way to much about this lol. Guitars are crude in terms of accuracy hence why some crazy people make them with weird wavy microtonal frets. It’s free too, the idea is you print off the template,…   Read more»

Just thought I’d pop this in here for anyine looking, this place you can sort your layout then print it as a pdf template. Friend uses it for multiscale   https://www.ekips.org/tools/guitar/fretfind2d/   Other thing he uses is fretcalc android app…   Read more»

Finally got the first coat of finish on the body, and added my mates logo to the back of the headstock. Chris Mckean Music

@liebe I went to deep once, measured from the lip for the cover rather than the back of the guitar lol.   I used the template to draw the shape on a piece of wood, cut it etc then glued…   Read more»

@rathius yeh I’ve been using those, I do a shallow recess in the top for them to push into so the nob can still sit flush at body height.   But I wire all that point to point then just…   Read more»

@tyreman what category did you do? I did the community but finished about 3 guitars ago lol
 
Good job on the build, is there a sound demo coming up?

@markbailey I got the neje 3 plus myself, makes a lovely logo. Can do more but I’ve not put the effort in yet lol

I run mine at lower power then do multiple passes so I get a nice…   Read more»

@rathius for joining wires but you’re connecting wires to tabs, back of pots, side of switches etc. I’d use them to fix a car though lol