@steveh I place the claw against the back of the spring cavity and move it about until I’m happy it’s centred then go round in the holes with a pencil or that. Remove the claw and centre punch the centre…   Read more»

Today was a little tidy here and there and then onto bridge fitting, pickup routing, control cavity and wire holes. I set the depth stop on my drill press to about 20mm and drilled the corners then routered the rest.
 

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Today I smoothed out the back and front and did the neck heel transition area.
 

You say studio apartment, I say shed, you live in a shed lol

Got the top glued on then today I rough cut out the shape, still a bit of refining to do though then it’s onto routing and carving
 

@nortski I’ve used wood glue in the past, just squeeze a small bead in the slot then bang in the fret but my preferred method is to run medium superglue in from the ends after fitting. I find the medium…   Read more»

Got the frets levelled, crowned and polished today then glued on the wings. Hopefully tomorrow I can get the top glued on at some point. This was one of my best fret jobs, hardly any levelling needed at all. Happy…   Read more»

@brie St Cyrus! That was it. Gourdon is past johnshaven. I was trying to remember them in order going from Montrose lol. Bought my first electric from a guy in St Cyrus, he played the cult lil devil on it…   Read more»

Got a little bit more done today, top cut out and been cutting down the centre block to allow room for the top. Added a bit of angle for more bridge clearance
 

@swepri A40640 module, do fancy doing other stuff but that means making the effort to learn and I’m not always good at that lol
 
I’ve seen guys on guitar building fb groups doing all sorts