Explorer bodies take a lot of wood! Given that I’ve never made a body with rout for a trem system, FR or otherwise, I guessed that the chances of me making a horlicks of it are quite high, so I though...

ok, so again I’ve proved myself rubbish at showing what I’m up to - it’s a personality trait that I’m working on, please bear with me. I’ve already started this project, so there will be some quick up...

Attachment : PXL_20230428_125701251.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230428_132541803.jpg Once the slots were cut I tapered the fretboard using a shooting board and plane. It is 46mm at the nut and 5...

Attachment : PXL_20230428_105125703.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230428_105604681.jpg Then cut the fret slots with the fretting jig 🙏🎶🙂🎸

Attachment : PXL_20230428_092631730.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230428_092728845.jpg Once I got the fretboard blank thickness I squared off one edge. I then used this edge to mark out the fret p...

Attachment : PXL_20230426_141549382.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230421_144526277.jpg A bit of fretboard making next. Prepare the fretboard blank by planing one surface smooth and flat. Plane the...

Attachment : PXL_20230421_140633910.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230421_140653945.jpg Peg holes for the machine heads drilled 🙂🎶🎸🙏

@nsj gorgeous!

@nsj Very close! Nice job. Really enjoying watching this build Neil. 🙂🎶🙏🎸

@nsj Yes, 630mm and 633mm is exactly what I did. Worked very well.

Finally (almost) done. I still have to make a little cover plate for the truss rod and maybe adjust the slots in the nut a tiny bit. American walnut top, bosse cedar body and neck and some white venee...

@nsj That one looks great!

I have the neck for this one almost ready to glue in but I’m still a few steps from that point. I’m carving the back of it and shewee, 80F/26.6c and a whopping 84% humidity. And I’m not done with the ...

One thing to keep in mind concerning your cream binding. If you’re going to spray clear on it, the clear could make it darker and closer to the pickup rings. It does depend on the clear too. Some dry ...

They made a LOT of things better back then. Well made them to last not to be thrown away in a few years. Planned obsolescence, the only way corporations can survive these days. Too many companies figh...

@nsj we’ll just jump on a plane and come on over. You can help carve some necks in the heat. 🤣 Make sure it’s somewhere between late July and mid-September to get the full experience though. D...

Here’s what I use most. 😁 Attachment : IMG_0796.MOV I think Mark has something like this he mentions being his fav too. This one is antique and was originally used by my Dad in the body...

Yeah im not done with #3 yet and I’ve already started on another. 🤣🤣🤣 I love this though. So build #4 was inspired by 3 Gibson guitars. The Les Paul, the SG (I thought it funny...

So remember this big scary radius bit? Attachment : IMG_0119.jpeg Well I finally figured out how I could use it and radius my necks instead of carving it. Attachment : IMG_0121.jpeg ...

So I decided to take Sunday off but I’m back at it this morning. I just finished adding binding to the neck. Later today I will be cutting the rear profile of the neck with that bit. I’m planning to s...