@nsj Very nice Neil. Did you draw it out by hand. Very neat lines and curves. I'm trying to do some designs but I'm using compasses and french curves. My freehand drawing skills are not the best.
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We had a large (diseased) Ash tree cut down a few years ago. Rather sillily, I didn’t keep any of it for guitar wood 🙁 “here’s a guitar I made, from a tree I grew!”

Attachment : IMG_5821.MOV After a year on the shelf, I kniw pronounce you body and neck.

Here’s a few seconds Attachment : 657DD329-5E18-459B-BD55-01B38E6D2873.MOV

This one took time and gave me some headaches along the way. I had to sand back the first try with waterbased laquer, because I sanded througt and ruined the stain. So now it is Danish oil instead, ex...

I now have two new guitars. Yahoo! The online course works like a charm. Attachment : C7172952-64FF-467E-AECF-AC4F86AC7CFC.jpeg Attachment : 65D69668-2437-46FA-9AED-8E246001D280.jpeg

With that hammer, I’m not sure that you’d even need to cut slots!!

A before & after comparison to show the effect of the finishing on this one; Attachment : 20230104_094017sml.jpg Attachment : 20230104_094029sml.jpg Now waiting for the rear string...

So, which shape shall I set the machine on cutting next? 😋 I do want to try a more extensively / noticeably carved top. This one is really more of a stretched or flattened round over rather...

Waxed & buffed Attachment : 20230102_190653sml.jpg And first coat of the French polish on the back Attachment : 20230102_191248sml.jpg I think the back is a piece of bicolour Ash...

This has had 3-4 coats of the Liberon Easy French Polish applied, and I used some 0000 wire wool to smooth it out this morning before applying what's - hopefully - going to be the final coat of the po...

Attachment : 1942 Finished.jpg Happy New Year folks! I finished this job with the Eko Ranger in October but didn't get round to posting a picture yet. If you want the full story and more images, ...

I like a bit of mad professor experimentation! Particularly when i'm not in the room ...

@nsj I'm now thinking about a possible steel barrel or such that I can suck the air out of and stick on a bed of hot embers, put something inside to support the maple. I think it's generally done und...

@nsj , I don't have all these router jigs like some people lol Have a wee break from making guitars and make some jigs, its just as much fun.

Nice work @nsj! I like it

What an excellent tool-choice. Looks like you'll manage to do a few frets at once with that. Why's Mark never done that in any of his videos ???? 🤣

Right, that's Christmas done, I can get back into the workshop! Took 3mm off the bottom of the neck pocket, and the underside of the pickup routs (so I have a bit more upwards adjustment). Sanded. Gra...

Nice work. I've yet to try a thru-neck build in my own workshop. My last Bailey course build was thru-neck, but that was a long time ago, so I'm not sure I remember a whole lot. I'm guessing the top ...

Beautiful guitar!