Neck is now roughed out and done an initial radius of the fretboard, added a plate to the headstaock too, hopefully get that all shaped and to thickness in the next day or so. Attachment : 20230...

Right, sorted the space for the spoke wheel and routed the end of the fretboard to to accomadate. Attachment : 20230420_175207.jpg And now the fretboard is glued and clamped and I got the t...

@jamesbisset He said on the live he did on carving the neck. Initial facets are about a 3rd in at the heel then run the line down the neck with your finger aginst the side. Then about the fretboard th...

@jamesbisset That initial carve, instead of a 1/3 in on both sides, go in a 1/4 on one side and a 1/3 on the other. Or do a 1/3 in on each side at the nut then alter it further up. Is it musicman who ...

Happy birthday wide screen! 🤣

Got a couple of bits done today, body sort of shaped, fretboard slotted, neck blank sorted and trussrod fitted. It's a spoke wheel trussrod though so I need to sort out the heel end for access. A...

Anyway, today I stopped by a friends joinery shop, he handed me some yew wood which looked interesting Attachment : 20230418_150428.jpg I took the piece on the left and trimmed it down, the...

@russ restless idiot for punishment you say? 🤣 🤣

There I was, tidying up my shed, wondering what I was going to do today. Next thing I know I have a body blank glued up! Oh well. guess I'll just have to build a guitar I suppose 🤣 Going fo...

Well that's that one sorted, plays nice, sounds great. Attachment : 20230415_130637.jpg Final build vid is up on youtube if anyone wants to hear how it sounds and get a better look.

@robin I put mine in for crunchy stuff and take them out for chocolate, ice cream etc 🤣

@boo You could hollow it out a bit then add some sort of top. Between gym sessions of course lol

@robin should've got him to take them all out! I had endless grief from mine since I was 5 or so lol

Perfect to stick oak on and carve! 🤣

Always a relief when it all lines up Attachment : 20230412_022841.jpg

Bunch of thin coats of thinned down oil based polyurethane with sanding between various coats then onto microcystalline wax. I use a foam pad on the drill to buff. Attachment : 20230411_154046.j...

@jamesbisset if a replacement fretboard isn't a problem then yeh, I'd go with getting it off even if it got ruined. With factory fretboards I've managed to remove a couple but titebond seems proper ...

I would see how things line up as in can you still make the neck to the shape you intended. I haven't had much luck separating titebond glued things. Tend to cause more harm than good.

@tv101 My secret is mighty sight glasses and pilot holes, if I use them I can get them super straight every time 🤣

@jamesbisset 13 - 16k is generally where I like with a bridge humbucker. I find wide variations though from muddy to superb singing clarity in that range.