Attachment : 20230305_235312.jpg Been trying things out for the finish on this one when it comes. First is sawdust and superglue to fill the cracks then a coat of oil based polyurethane thinned ...

@tv101 Not saying it's terrible, just maybe not as good as having an actual piece of the wood lol. Worst case in this context 🤣 🤣

@tv101 Worst case you could maybe use random wood then add a veneer to match the top?

Neck blank has been routed, trussrod fitted and fretboard glued, I can get on with that tomorrow or something but in the meantime I've been out and levelled the top of the body blank then cut it out. ...

@robin Loads more adjustment too, I always fit new strings on a new build. At least it helps rule the problem out if there is a problem.

That dust plus superglue can fix many guitar building mishaps! Bag it! lol

@robin just leave loads of winds on the pegs, that way you can reuse them if it doesn't fix the problem. I don't really worry about tuning stability at that stage, just saving the strings lol

@robin if the strings are old they could be causing intonation problems, I had a bad G with a set of elixir and they were brand new! Intonation was awful. New string and boom! Sorted. The A string ...

Well that's the body blank all glued up! Needed a few clamps due to the nature of wonky oak lol. I often find with anything spalty or that it needs a few extra clamps but once glued to a stable body i...

@swepri I get bored and restless lol

@tv101 but only one at a time instead of batches lol

Well, my latest is sitting curing with a number of coats of hard wax oil on it so thought I'd start my next build. It's also going to be a carve top, gibson scale length, 24.75 inches, 22 fret, tune o...

@tv101 yeh but I'm handy too! 🤣

Got another piece off a mate, defo oak this time. Need to figure out which way they'll go best together. Attachment : 20230301_180126.jpg Attachment : 20230301_180145.jpg

So got to my mates today and got the sycamore sawn up. His self made gadget worked a treat! Attachment : VideoCapture_20230301-155209.jpg Attachment : 20230301_155005.jpg Attach...

@russ nah, it's only small pieces of wood that put my back out, I'm fine with big bits lol

Operation f**k this is a go! Ooft that was a heavy beast! Taking it to a mates tomorrow to slab it. Attachment : 20230228_164809.jpg

First coating of hard wax oil is now on, got to leave it till tomorrow to add more. It's a satin clear. I'm going to be using wax over the top to create more sheen. I suspect I might not have used eno...

@tv101 yeh it's an awkward shade of wood to stain but I think I'm getting there lol

@timc not yet bud, I'm using their stain though but I want to check out the hard wax oil after watching youtube vids. I normally just finish with matt lacquer because it gives a really even oil finish...