hey all, I’m almost ready to paint my guitar and I went through the finishing course but so far there’s only 2 examples and I want to make sure I’m understanding this. ill be painting a setneck guit...

@liebe I like creating my own designs instead of making copies of all the generic guitars on the market. It’s a lot more fun and keeps things way more interesting. Plus when someone wants you to make ...

That's a really fun design, interested to see this one turns out!

Attachment : IMG_1991.jpeg Attachment : IMG_2003.jpeg Attachment : IMG_2002.jpeg Attachment : IMG_2011.jpeg Attachment : IMG_2013.jpeg So I’m finally building the guita...

Wow, amazing!

@clinton Always good to see your builds and this is no exception. Does all the hardware pop off when it gets angry? 💚😡

nice work @clinton. Can't wait to see it when it's angry 😁 🎶🎸🙏🙂

Nice one Clinton, love the body carve and the finish👍😃🎸

I call this one The Hulk Attachment : IMG_4786.mov

So I’ve had a problem a couple of times now with glueing on veneers and I’m not sure what’s happening. These were all done before I got my vacuum press. The problem arises when it’s time to start the ...

@liebe what you’ll find in the video is you need the wood of the body to extend beyond the body so the heel of the neck is covered by the extension of the body wood under the neck joint. You then carv...

Cheers @russ, appreciate you thoughts!

@liebe Hi Dan, 10mm seems to be the recommended minimum but if both sides of your heel are being glued into the neck pocket then you could possibly get away with a couple of millimetres more. In the p...

@rathius thanks. I'll check it out!

@russ thanks, ok so with a glued neck there's a bit more strength, that makes sense. To your knowledge is there a minimum measurement of meat to leave at the heel? This is closer, albeit at the more e...

Mark did a video showing how to do the neck joint like you’re referring to. It’s on the guitar making YouTube channel.

@liebe Hi Dan, I would think that with the glued on neck you've got a bit more strength but looking at that picture of the bolt on I'd say that was on the limit if not a wee bit past it. 🎶&#x...

Hey folks, Still not finished my current builds and already thinking about my next...🤦🏻 I've seen a few builds with a carved heel on the body to improve access and reduce thickness o...

@somethingnicer That is exactly right. 👍🏻 🙂🎸🎶🙏

@russ I am! so you're saying this "double notch" is for the embedded nut? Attachment : IMG_5504.jpg If so, that's incredibly convenient!