I’ve either clamped the body to my drill press table, did the 12mm hole then a bowl and dish to make a recess. The mpst recent I went straight in with a forstner bit in the hand drill to make…   Read more»

I sanded the whole guitar back and applied more thinned down polyurethane, couple of coats. Now I’ll wait a day or two and apply the microcrystaline wax then assemble. The first coats of poly helped fill the grain.
 

@boo my mate can play like that, he’s really annoying lol

Well. I got my bridge holes all sorted, sanded the body to 320 and now put the first coat of finish on the top, amber tinted polyurethane thinned down. Next I’ll do the whole thing with just the poly, couple…   Read more»

Ooooh my first set neck is now glued and clamped! Better look up proper bridge position for a TOM next so I can get the post holes all drilled once the glue has set. Sure it was something like scale…   Read more»

Right, fretwork and markers all sorted. Now it’s close to gluing in the neck. First I’ll clamp it and check I have the height for the bridge though, then glue.   Went slightly deep on the fret slots but hey…   Read more»

@swepri it’s a bit nervy but I just followed Marks vid and it came out great! Gave me a right buzz!
I’ve got a stack of ebony boards, takes a right bloody whack to get the frets seated sometimes lol

@robin definitely buddy, I don’t freak out as much now, just think of a possible solution and get on with it

Well today was different, I was doing my recessed controls but tried to be a bit clever and paid the price lol   The bit caught the wood and had a munch  

  But after a bit…   Read more»

Ooh nice, when watching Mark doing the carve he only marked about a 1/4 inch, 6mm or so so don’t need it to thick. I’d imagine walnut would be nice to carve too. Also I can say that it’s very…   Read more»

@tv101 mate used to work for carpenter oak in Scotland doing that very job, he travelled all over.