Well, it’s been a while but the album is out, the website has been updated and I’ve entered the Scottish Album of the Year Award. This is a Cunning Plan because 100 people are ‘invited to consider’ al...

@russ That’s what my S&M mistress, I mean my wife, keeps threatening me with if I don’t stop spending so much money on guitar building stuff! 🤘😝🤘

Cheers @boo. I'll post pictures of it all strung up soon. 🙂🎶🎸🙏

@russ Fantastic work Russ, I’m loving it. 😍🥇🏆

Then I made a wee truss rod cover.... shaped the same as the headstock. Attachment : PXL_20230613_105803214.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230613_105853116.jpg 🎸🎶🙏ὤ...

Then preparing the bridge pin holes for the strings using a reamer. Attachment : PXL_20230614_104703776.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230614_104004939.jpg Then file a wee groove into the front ...

Nice fit Attachment : PXL_20230613_125846376.jpg 🎸🎶🙏🙂

Next, the saddle. Again squaring up the blank Attachment : PXL_20230607_132204290.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230607_132556776.jpg Then keep sanding and refining until it fits the saddle slo...

Take it back out and mark out and carve out the grooves for the strings Attachment : PXL_20230608_121731392.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230608_092740497.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230608_0921...

Next getting it to the right height and curving over the top..... Attachment : PXL_20230607_102425587.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230607_105056469.jpg 🙂🙏🎶🎸

Almost there.... just making a nut and saddle..... first get the blank to roughly the size and squared... Attachment : PXL_20230607_120724301.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230607_085252111.jpg ...

Then a bit of final sanding. Attachment : PXL_20230602_082938592.jpg ....and adding some finishing oil. Attachment : PXL_20230607_145712143.jpg 🙂🙏🎶🎸

Not a bit of fret leveling and crowning Attachment : PXL_20230531_124419682.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230601_100403023.jpg Then a wee bit of polishing up. Attachment : PXL_20230601_1213...

@nsj The super strat! Looking real nice!

@koendb Well, I’ve learned something new, every day is a school day. I’ve not heard of sympathetic resonance before but I’m sure I’ve heard it many times. Thanks for the info.

@clinton Beautiful 😍

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@koendb Cheers, I use a bowl and dish router bit. Sort of trace the outline of the inner horns on paper then draw a nice circular shape and finally cut out an mdf template which i fine tune. Works gre...

@boo this is me slowed down or it'd be finished by now! 🤣

@nsj The curve of the carving around the neck pocket is just beautifully executed! 🤩 😍