@tv101 the thing that gets me is a compound radius, they’re often 12 to 16 but there’s so little in it it seems a bit pointless. I think between a 7.5 or 9 and a 16 you’d notice it more…   Read more»

@robin a tighter radius is meant to be more comfortable for chords but if bending a string doing solos the string can choke out because you’re pushing up hill so to speak. With a flatter radius you can have the…   Read more»

@tv101 Using it or a router table your fingers are going to get reasonably close, you have to use a bit of common sense so if the wood catches your fingers don’t get pulled into the cutter. But that was…   Read more»

@tv101 I’ve got a bosch, some makita clone and a ferrex from aldi, the ferrex thing is a sweet tool. so smooth and fairly quiet. Bosch is great with the fence for doing the trussrod and for bigger jobs. Makita…   Read more»

@tv101 That looks like a cracker of a tool, if I didn’t have 3 already I’d consider it but I’m routered out my nut lol

@tv101 here’s a free les paul template, very easy to print off. Just select the body then you can check it against yours for size.   I think the carve I did on this one is only 5 or 6mm,…   Read more»

@tv101 all the bits were in bags in a box but at some point I’d taken the trem out to check alignment with the new neck and that’s when it must’ve fallen out. I pulled the pickups incase it was…   Read more»

@koendb ordered last night as soon as I knew it was lost! Still curious as to where exactly the missing one is lol

Carve through the top and let the body wood show? Could almost make it look a bit like a binding maybe.   But yeh, I was going over my early builds, it’s great. Taking the experience and what I’d learnt…   Read more»

Was reassebling this fella with it’s lovely new neck
 

 
Then I noticed this!
 

 
I know it’s in my little room somewhere but the place is a tip! FFS! 🤣 

Today I got on with the neck carve and headsatock refining and of course the volute. Followed Marks method this time, soooo much easier. I’ve always used a facet method but one that involved a fair bit of measuring and…   Read more»

Spot of radiusing this afternoon, only took 20 – 30 minutes with the lovely long beam and 80 grit.
 

@tv101 bet his cakes are awful 🤣