Apparently all the young “Shredders” like a flatter radius so they can play fast @robin. 🤣 
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@robin I used Titebond for speed because we were only running tests, but I reckon the combination of Titebond AND spray AND thin (and a little warped) sacrificial veneers all contributed.
 

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Clever @Robin!!
 

Yes it is @Robin! And once you start to get it right , you feel like the king of the world for the rest of the…   Read more»

@robin Maybe I worry too much, but is the middle part wide enough to fit the studs for the bridge/tailpiece? If a tune ‘o matic bridge is used, that is.

@robin; Steve’s post reminds me … how’s your build going??
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@robin Having seen various embarrassing photos in which something unintended for the photo is caught in a reflection from something in the photo…   Read more»

@robin in a vacuum, no air, no expansion, no expansion , no boom! No new method of transport lol
 
Besides, I’d send the wife to check on it 🤣 

@robin that’s crazy talk! Got three necks on the go just now lol
Well, two necks and a neck through
 

Very good @robin. 🤣 
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Not that @Robin – I’ll just redrill the bolt holes from the top through the new cap and use the holes as the centre points for the 15mm recess holes. Similarly, I should be able to find the thru-body string…   Read more»

@robin Yep and using new methods I’ve picked up watching Mark’s vids! I much prefer the look of his carving method and also I’m buying a 450mm radius beam in the new year. Normally I do all the measuring a…   Read more»

@robin I think a cap is ok, has the rest of the body wood to keep it in line. Pesky necks are the issue, nothing to clamp to to hold them in line

@nsj
Great work Neil. Like @robin said, you’ve got some nice pieces of wood there. I’d like to go and see this guy over in Perth someday when the weather improves to take a look at those maple floorboards 
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@robin Feel good wood for some, I have a local friend too that’s had a pile of the brazillian mahogany and sapele around his workshop for years, long before all the cites stuff came along. For spalted stuff there’s a…   Read more»

@robin I managed to upload media then insert from there, put a thread in the electric guitar showcase area I think, that’s where I was aiming anyway lol

@robin Ok Thanks For Suggestion

@robin yup

Thanks @Robin – it is 25mm as it happens, but look what I did make this morning…  

Black walnut – so should contrast nicely with the white and the blue and the natural edge when it’s all…   Read more»