The Purple Metal Machine. Push pull split coils too Attachment : IMG_6915.MOV

@markbailey Maybe this link to my video will work, and I'll repeat, I'm not a player, I just play enough amuse myself. You did meet me in person briefly a few years ago, I came down to collect an el...

As promised here's some more photos now that its finished (apart from the strings needing trimmed) I'm absolutely delighted with it. Huge thanks to @markbailey for the inspiration and for passing on t...

Frets levelled and crowned and strings on. Spent some time adjusting the saddle height, but still need to bring the nut down a bit now, and maybe slacken the truss rod, there's a bit of buzz playing u...

That's 4 coats of top coat on it now, I think that's enough, I putt a bit of beeswax on my test piece and its polished up nicely. Anyway, thats the bridge glued now, it was really tight getting these ...

The frets are installed now and all sanded and masked ready for finishing. First coat of sanding sealer on and decals put on the headstock. Attachment : 20240204_142035.jpg Attachment : 202...

Thats the back binding done and a wee maple cap on the neck heel. Attachment : 20240203_171757.jpg

I cleaned up, planed, scraped and sanded the soundboard binding, and I have to say that I'm delighted with the results. To be on the safe side, I had made my binding strips a bit to thick and had a a...

The soundboard board is routed now and maple binding glued in. Definitely out of my comfort zone doing that. We'll see what tomorrow brings when I take the tape off and clean it up, maybe I'll do the ...

Although I happy with the good close glue join that I've got between the sides and soundboard/back, it just doesn't look finished without binding. Having said that, I'm reluctant to set about it with ...

Fretboard levelled and dots added now. I went to get my dots out of my bag of bits for this build, and realised that I hadn't bought any. So I cut some 6mm plugs from a piece of maple an used that. Al...

Thats the neck/body joint done, fretboard glued, the neck carved and dry fitted. Doesn't sound much when you say it quickly, but its certainly a challenge getting the neck/body joint without gaps, on...

I've made my bridge now, that's a fun wee project in its own. Took me about 6 hours to do what @markbailey does in his 35 minute video, but just follow the instructions and it happens. Photos of its v...

Nice work @robin. Those little diamonds are a very common way to support the crack but I've just recently heard about the use of Japanese paper, pasted along the inside of the crack. It tends to be us...

I shaped the soundboard seam diamonds today and glued them in. I also put them along the repaired crack in the soundboard, it might affect the sound qualities, but I doubt if I'll notice it. Attach...

I've trimmed the back braces to length and notched the kerf lining and got the back fitting fairly good. I've dry clamped it with the 6 metres of rubber band that I've cut from an old inner tube, it's...

The back kerf lining is on now. Merry xmas to you all. Attachment : 20231224_175645.jpg

Attachment : 20231223_164645.jpg Sides now glued to the front, and the back edges shaped ready for the kerf lining. Attachment : 20231223_153045.jpg Attachment : 20231223_153013.jpg ...

Shiny shiny ✨✨✨✨ Attachment : VID_20231204_110646.mp4

Slippery top? Attachment : VID_20231205_103114.mp4