I finished putting the binding on. Hangs over the neck about 0.5mm. That will get taken care of once I put the frets and side dots in. Next step? That big scary router bit to profile the back of the n...

Looking forward to seeing this lazer engraver @nsj. 🤔 🎸🙂🎶🙏

My attempt at fixing the gouges left by the cranky router Attachment : channel epoxy.mp4

@nsj I've got abalone dots on my current build, just the standard round ones. I'm looking forward to seeing the scaley dragon though. A bit too artistic for my talents, I'm an engineer, I do straight ...

@nsj Your bat inlay looks perfect, that's something else I'll have to try sometime. I had a try a while back using some shells off the beach here as inlay material, but the shell was to brittle and f...

Nice work @nsj. Enjoying watching you "faffing about on YouTube" with this one. 🎶🙂🎸🙏

Neck ready for fretboard. I’ll be using that ebony fretboard in the picture in my previous post in this thread. I’m doing a 14” radius on this one. My first was 16” radius, #2 was 12” radius. I want t...

So I’m starting build #3. Gonna try to do better at documenting this one. Heres where I am at the moment. Attachment : 75AE1D6C-F710-4751-81B3-CD07D4C5DC59.jpeg Attachment : FF66868E-3333-4...

Ran into my first mishap. After a test run on the router table with some pine, my truss rod cavity got poked full of holes by a slippery router bit. turns out sapele is really really hard, and our col...

Made some patterns on the laser cutter. I'm using fairly thin MDF hardboard, My plan is to use the router table rather than handheld so I believe the thin template shouldn't pose a problem. I'm not sh...

I agree! Fortunately someone else at the space, more competent than myself, made that jig. Made my life easy. The digital angle ruler really helped too!

Used a taper jig with the tablesaw for the first time. I think the headstock angle jig came out pretty good but we'll see when we actually use it Attachment : IMG-20230615-WA0010.jpeg Attach...

And some more pictures. 🙂 Attachment : 20230601_190453.jpg Attachment : 20230602_060748.jpg Attachment : 20230603_135929.jpg Attachment : 20230603_140300.jpg Attachment ...

Well.... It has been a while since I posted about this build. I've been pretty busy and haven't had a good chance to make progress... however I am finally making some headway on this build. Here are t...

I'm going to try and use a couple of pieces from this scrap for my neck angle jig. 🤠 Attachment : PXL_20230613_184456351.jpg

Getting started on the neck. Our maker space has lovely tools and they make wood dimensioning a joy. I'm using some quartersawn sapele, and a couple of passes on the jointer and planer make it feel al...

Well, I'm in no hurry when building and is not very good at documenting the build process. But now the finish line is a bit closer. Applied several coats of Danish Oil and waiting a few days more for ...

I'm having a few days at home, so taking advantage of this dry warm weather to do some finishing. I'm using Crimson's Stunning Stains and Wipe On Guitar Finishing Lacquer. My initial plan was for a wa...

So after 7 months, I finally found the time to finish this guitar...I removed all the hardware, sanded with 220 and 320, then applied Crimson High Build Finishing oil, using paper towels, followed by ...

I started a new build, based on the same model as I have build before (designing-my-own-neck-tru-guitar)But this time, I choose for a set neck and a Floyd Rose Tremolo system from Gotoh (1996T)The nec...