Said James Bisset, watching the Wright brothers' inaugural flight .... 🤣 That's what I have, vaguely in mind, @rocknroller912. I thought I'd try to make a frame, like an aircraft wing, ...

@tv101 Steam box would be the best way to soften wood to make a difficult shape but I think 3 mm will be a bit thick. Some makers only use a steam box to shape the ribs, them clamp to a dry form and l...

I reckon ‘gradually’ is the secret ingredient here. Question though: if it has never been done before, why not?

Let's imagine that I was vaguely considering making a hollowbody-esque but wanted to avoid the excitement of an @JamesBisset vacuuming-bending-splitting (repeat) saga. Let's also imagine that I had th...

This wouldn't be important if I was making a double cutaway or no cutaway - it’s only significant if the guitar is not symmetrical across the centreline. But if I’m making a concave mould, then the m...

@jamesbisset Nice work James. Really looking forward to this one progressing. 🙏🎶🙂🎸

@russ baddumtish! 🤣

@nsj Looks like you had a close shave with this one Neil. 😉. 🎸🙂🎶🙏

Got the frets in yesterday and today I got on with side markers, carving the neck, volute and heel a bit and also got the neck pocket routed. I was thinking of adding a tiny angle to the heel so I cou...

Today I was able to sand back and get a look at how things were going, so far pretty good. Had to add a tiny bit more resin in a couple of spots but it's getting there. Attachment : 20230501_15372...

@chrishamilton Oh, and don’t forget the output jack as well 👍🤣

@brie Thanks Brian. That's good advice. I'll do that before ripping it all out and starting again.

@chrishamilton Hi again Chris, Was just thinking about your electrics problems, the most likely culprits are probably the volume and tone pots and the pickup selector switch. Try cleaning these with ...

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. I picked up that book mentioned earlier, so I'll be digging into that while I figure out what I want to do with the electronics as I rescue the old Yamaha.

Hi Chris, Welcome to the community from someone even further north!! Sure you will find answers to all of your questions. Happy soldering👍😃🎸 All the Best, Brian.

Welcome Chris from about 70 miles further North.

@jamesbisset The mould is mirrored?

It was at the point where we decided to use the mould as a jig, that I realised I’d made the most profound, blindingly obvious mistake right at the very beginning of this build. And no-one seems to ha...

Finally getting down to the actual building of this guitar! Unlike solid sides, these laminations have rough, uneven edges and are not yet cut to size. So one edge was sanded flat on a sanding board, ...

@chrishamilton welcome to this great community!