I'm going with gold hardware for this one. White and gold is quite a good match. Attachment : IMG_20230804_160303.jpg Attachment : IMG_20230804_161021.jpg Attachment : IMG_20230804_...

Time to route. It also routes well without chipping, if you go slow. I also went around with a chamfer bit to give it the smallest of chamfer. Attachment : IMG_20230802_194614.jpg Attachmen...

This stuff cuts pretty well without chipping, if you go slow. Attachment : IMG_20230804_161944.jpg Attachment : IMG_20230804_161935.jpg Attachment : IMG_20230804_161914.jpg At...

Bandsaw time. Attachment : IMG_20230802_170725.jpg Attachment : IMG_20230802_170716.jpg

I now have a body blank. Attachment : IMG_20230802_101026.jpg Attachment : IMG_20230802_101034.jpg Attachment : IMG_20230802_153924.jpg Attachment : IMG_20230802_155951.jpg ...

Glued and screwed! Attachment : IMG_20230731_154040.jpg Attachment : IMG_20230730_153721.jpg Attachment : IMG_20230730_152915.jpg Attachment : IMG_20230730_153709.jpg A...

I did this for a laugh and to see if it would work, no reason why it shouldn’t. I had a new bathroom fitted recently and the joiner had a load of decent off cuts that he left me. 18mm marine ply and s...

Lovely smooth carves and curves on that body @NSJ, and I always prefer the recessed screw (or bolt) holes for fixing a neck, just looks hugely neater to my eyes. 👍

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...