@robin “Smooth, faultless build”. That must surely be utopic…  😉

@robin Yeah, there is no reason why ply can’t be used, it’s stable if it’s good quality. It’s certainly not the best material to use for a guitar body but it just proves that it’s possible. In terms of fixing hardware…   Read more»

Been thinking about the ply-guitar. IIRC, @robin had a problem with a body which he’d hollowed out, but the edge then split when he applied pressure to it.  If hollowing out a solid piece of timber, you have to leave…   Read more»

Cheers @robin. 
🙂🎶🙏🎸
 

I’m up in Strathearn @robin. I left Falkirk many moons ago and went to the Big Smoke. Came up here about 26 years ago. Still come down for the football and my oldest son has moved to live in Falkirk…   Read more»

@russ 

Cheers @robin. It has been an epic journey. You never know….. maybe, one day, I’ll bring it down to show you. 

That would be good, remind me where you are.

Cheers @robin. It has been an epic journey. You never know….. maybe, one day, I’ll bring it down to…   Read more»

@robin Yeah, I was a little choked to part with some of this nectar but I also wanted it to be a part of this guitar, my first Scottish build.  We’ve had a new bathroom fitted recently and there were…   Read more»

Ouch @Robin!

@robin Looks great. 🙂

@robin That sounds fantastic. I know my daughter absolutely loves getting involved with the build. She talks about her diamonds all the time. Also…. acoustics are wayyyyyyyy better than electric guitars. Get at er and post some progress pics. Maybe…   Read more»

@robin Yes, I couldnt do it but I tend to wear gloves rasping the neck and half way through I seem to take it off again and deal with the blisters on my hand.

@robin It is indeed and it wasn’t cheap. 300 smackers. It’s actually to treat the external timber cladding on the house but I will be steeling a bit for a couple of guitars. Our house is clad in a hardwood…   Read more»

@robin Marks method is so quick too, takes me no time to do a neck these days.

@robin we will know tomorrow. I’ll be planing the truss rod filler in a while then glue the fretboard on, after I radius it with my 14” radius bit. First thing on the agenda tomorrow will be to either trim…   Read more»

@robin but it is straight lines and defined curves, then it’s just glue all the bits in lol

@robin you can get retangles of abalone and stuff off ebay, that’s what I did with a view to chopping them up to make an inlay.   Mind you, i fancy doing a scaley dragon or something down a fretboard…   Read more»

@robin Thanks! I might try it on a future build then. 👍

@robin Change of plan is part of the fun. What are your thoughts on the wipe on laquer? I’ve been looking at it at the Crimson site, but have not seen any reviews or examples before. I did try this…   Read more»

@Robin @swepri, thank you very much for the links, I from France, so  guitarsandwoods would prob work better for me, althouh how much does markbailey price for his fretboards? Thank you again