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...

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...