Built this one a while agao, first carve top. Had a few things i wasm't happy with, floyd sat above the body, recess wasn't nicely lined up and the finish was kinda sticky. I thought lets improive it....

@brie Looks really nice bud, the neck wood looks a bit mahogany ish but not sure.

@koendb zero issues, I did 3 but when pulling the trem up it was pushing against the springs so I tried 2 and it works perfect.

One piece Brazillian mahogany body, one piece Brazillian mahogany neck. Yew and resin top, ebony board, stainless frets. Gotoh hardware and some kick ass warman pickups. Added a little touch to the ...

@boo be sure to insist on a 4 string because a 5 string is a pain in the hoop! 🤣

@liebe friend had really old massive slabs of it, sold me one. Also sawed it up for me with his massive machinery so I could get the maximum use.

Friends son asked me about building a nice, simple, 5 string bass, tele shaped with all the arm and belly carves and batman logo at the 12th etc. I somehow made my life difficult by suggesting stainin...

1 year per inch thick for drying is what I understand

I tried doing them seperately once but it was such a farce, so awkward. I'd mask off the neck to do the body seperate and vice versa if doing it again. Persoanlly though I just nice wood and finish th...

@tv101 well seeing as this thread has popped up again I'll just say here and now, none of my ash necks have suffered a single issue. All still perfect and straight as the day I made them. Some are 3 y...

Osmo poly x is superb for a wipe on finish, that's my goto these days. I'll often used thinned down polyurathane though on mahogany etc, sanded in to help fill grain and also add a nice tint.

@boo if it haqppens again just glue the neck in and glue the ferrules in then glue screw heads in 🤣 🤣

I got mine out of aldi years ago, still going strong. Came with the snake attachment too which helps when I drill those ferrules off centre lol I try and use a nice small bit to do pilot holes so th...

Hey @Boo while I remember, got these from tool station, pretty cheap but can be pretty handy. There's a little dremmel sized one in the kit too. Attachment : 20220209_181511.jpg

I say old bean, get yourself a dremmel, there's a good chap what what 🤣

@boo Welcome. Usually with gibson scale I measure 630mm for scale line which is slightly longer, seems to work great.

@somethingnicer Here's what I did on my latest les paul type build. Attachment : SquarePic_20240613_16251884.jpg You can also slice off the lower half of the heel and glue a longer piece on, ...

@boo my ggbo build, the black limba neck through with binding etc. That's a 24.75 scale with floyd, works perfect. A lot of companies have been doing it for years. Post hole centres sit a 1/2 inch for...

Guitarists name is Caleb Nelson apparently, he's on IG and FB, could try dropping him a message maybe. Other than that I got nothing from googly! Lol

I've ruined a couple of bodies, a couple of necks and an almost finished build! But, I've learnt to get over stuff pretty quick these days and just get on with it lol.