@tv101 the thing that gets me is a compound radius, they're often 12 to 16 but there's so little in it it seems a bit pointless. I think between a 7.5 or 9 and a 16 you'd notice it more but those thre...

@robin a tighter radius is meant to be more comfortable for chords but if bending a string doing solos the string can choke out because you're pushing up hill so to speak. With a flatter radius you ca...

My curiosity got the better of me so I rigged up a crude jig and drew a 12, 14 and 16 inch radius to see the difference, needless to say it's not a lot! Looks like you could use a 12 ich bridge with a...

Erm not exactly but I seen it the toobs and thought I'd try, not totally convinced though. They make it look easy to get a perfect finish on the toobs but I've still got slight ripples. Not bad though...

@tv101 Using it or a router table your fingers are going to get reasonably close, you have to use a bit of common sense so if the wood catches your fingers don't get pulled into the cutter. But that ...

@tv101 I've got a bosch, some makita clone and a ferrex from aldi, the ferrex thing is a sweet tool. so smooth and fairly quiet. Bosch is great with the fence for doing the trussrod and for bigger job...

@tv101 That looks like a cracker of a tool, if I didn't have 3 already I'd consider it but I'm routered out my nut lol

@tv101 here's a free les paul template, very easy to print off. Just select the body then you can check it against yours for size. I think the carve I did on this one is only 5 or 6mm, nothing dr...

@tv101 all the bits were in bags in a box but at some point I'd taken the trem out to check alignment with the new neck and that's when it must've fallen out. I pulled the pickups incase it was stuck ...

@koendb ordered last night as soon as I knew it was lost! Still curious as to where exactly the missing one is lol

Carve through the top and let the body wood show? Could almost make it look a bit like a binding maybe. But yeh, I was going over my early builds, it's great. Taking the experience and what I'd lear...

Was reassebling this fella with it's lovely new neck Attachment : 20230206_001254.jpg Then I noticed this! Attachment : 20230206_001248.jpg I know it's in my little room somewher...

Today I got on with the neck carve and headsatock refining and of course the volute. Followed Marks method this time, soooo much easier. I've always used a facet method but one that involved a fair bi...

Spot of radiusing this afternoon, only took 20 - 30 minutes with the lovely long beam and 80 grit. Attachment : 20230203_170301.jpg

@tv101 bet his cakes are awful 🤣

Got a bit more done today, headstock all shaped Attachment : 20230202_171840.jpg And a lot of the neck shape roughed out, carving the back and radiusing the board next I think Attachme...

Meant to say too that my new file arrived, I have a couple of iwasaki, shinto etc but liked the look of the Mark Bailey special! I'll be trying it out on the neck carve. Attachment : 20230130_13...

Got the pieces all planed so they line up nice Attachment : 20230129_154303.jpg And got a lot of the excess chopped off the neck section, glued a couple of extra bits on to fit the headstoack s...

Used a bit of amber stain mixed with the thinned down polyurethane, just enough to make it pop Attachment : 20230130_134116.jpg

Operation new neck is almost done, a bit of finish sanding then onto the actual finish. Abalone fret markers, hosco glow in the dark side dots. Got the frets in last night. Attachment : 20230128...