Which DAW are you using on the PC @nsj? Agree - there are a million and one different plugins and the danger is that you spend more time searching out the one that you want, and then tweaking the vari...

All beyond me @nsj. I don't think my brain could master it now. 😬😕 🎸🙏🎶🙂

@nsj I’m in the same boat, I have no clue but wouldn’t mind knowing.

@nsj - I couldn't think of the name of this one earlier, which is a bit daft because I get emails from them most weeks! There are options there for more amp-focused plugins, which are reassuringly ex...

@russ @boo I bet you both could get into the DAW/plugin/recording world quite easily. It looks scary and confusing from the outside, and it can be incredibly complex from the inside, but it's reasona...

Yesterday I started with profiling the neck. And I made a mistake. I went a bit too deep near the headstock and made a tiny hole above the nut of the truss rod. And after calling out some not so nice ...

I wasn't happy with the router pattern for the neck pocket, it was a bit to wide. So I glued in a veneer and made a new one. Attachment : image.png Attachment : image.png I have rounded...

Today I worked on the body. Cut out the shape with a jig saw (my bandsaw hasn't enough power to cut through a body blank, especially when it's treated with wood hardener). Attachment : image.png ...

...so today, using a bobbin sander, I rounded off the piece behind the nut to the headstock. Attachment : image.png With a 12 inch radius block I sanded the radius on the fretboard. Attachme...

Next job was to shape the fretboard on the bandsaw and router. Attachment : image.png And then glued it on to the neck. Attachment : image.png Attachment : image.png Today I took...

This afternoon I cut the fret slots. Attachment : image.png Attachment : image.png

Today I have put some coats of wood hardener on the top wood as spalted maple (or any spalted wood) can be quite brittle. So no spectacular progress today, but it does give an impression of how it wil...

This morning, after making sure they fit seemlessly (a tiny bit of routing and some sanding) I glued the pieces of wood for the top together. Attachment : image.png Attachment : image.png ...

Made some progress today. First I've cut the fingerboard a bit shorter and narrower and with my router made it to 6 mm thickness. And sanded it flat. Attachment : image.png Attachment : ima...

Some weeks ago I was in Ayr where Carol took me to an afternoon jam with Mick and Dee. I got the privilege to play Mick’s short scale bass, made by Mark. It was an eye opener for me. Never played a sh...

Then I made a wee truss rod cover.... shaped the same as the headstock. Attachment : PXL_20230613_105803214.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230613_105853116.jpg 🎸🎶🙏ὤ...

Then preparing the bridge pin holes for the strings using a reamer. Attachment : PXL_20230614_104703776.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230614_104004939.jpg Then file a wee groove into the front ...

Nice fit Attachment : PXL_20230613_125846376.jpg 🎸🎶🙏🙂

Next, the saddle. Again squaring up the blank Attachment : PXL_20230607_132204290.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230607_132556776.jpg Then keep sanding and refining until it fits the saddle slo...

Take it back out and mark out and carve out the grooves for the strings Attachment : PXL_20230608_121731392.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230608_092740497.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230608_0921...