So after introducing myself to a very friendly welcome I thought I would try and ask a question. I can’t work out whether this is the correct forum, but here goes… I have one of those fret jigs for ...

Attachment : PXL_20230428_125701251.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230428_132541803.jpg Once the slots were cut I tapered the fretboard using a shooting board and plane. It is 46mm at the nut and 5...

Attachment : PXL_20230428_105125703.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230428_105604681.jpg Then cut the fret slots with the fretting jig 🙏🎶🙂🎸

Attachment : PXL_20230428_092631730.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230428_092728845.jpg Once I got the fretboard blank thickness I squared off one edge. I then used this edge to mark out the fret p...

Attachment : PXL_20230426_141549382.jpg Attachment : PXL_20230421_144526277.jpg A bit of fretboard making next. Prepare the fretboard blank by planing one surface smooth and flat. Plane the...

@simecircle Welcome. Lots of experience and good advice on this forum.

Thank you very much!

@simecircle Welcome Simon. There are no stupid questions here so ask away. Enjoy the ride 🎸🙂🎶🙏

Hi there I've made a couple of guitars and was looking for a friendly place to ask stupid questions. Would this fit the bill? Some of the forums seem to be for people following the courses only, so ...

@steveh Planning and drawing is a useful start. Maybe you could try out the necessary routing for the trem on a cheap piece of wood, to confirm. How is samba wood to work with? I have only used Bosse ...

@nsj gorgeous!

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@wolframmalukker I went for a simpler "f-hole". I just did a weight relief chamber on one side of the body and added the f-hole for looks. I forgot to seal the inside of the chamber for moisture, tho...

Haven't had time to fool with this over the summer. Things have gotten away from me a bit but I now have 14 guitar pedal designs up through the engineering sample phase, 5 of them are production ready...

@russ thank you - that’s all the encouragement I need 😋

@steveh Hi Steve, I've never done it but I have thought about it. Given that Stewmac sell their Fret Arbor Press with a picture of that very process suggests that it can be done I imagine that even...

Started getting finish on, the colour is amazing. Attachment : 20230705_164406-01.jpeg

For more info on tamarind wood try the Wood Database on wood-database.com I find it a really useful source of info about wood. 👍😃🎸

Bad ass! Thank you so much for the help with that!

@nolanrathkegmail-com You certainly can use it for fretboards. I've seen it used a couple of times. You might be lucky enough to not need to fill in any gaps but if you do I'd follow @nsj advice and u...