Well, "hardest" meaning the most strenuous. I know there are still plenty of opportunities to screw it up haha. @wayne_f Yes, I totally agree on both counts.

Nice video @wayne_f , I'm not sure that making the neck is the hardest bit, but I do enjoy it though.

@tej Thats looking really good, the depth to that green is great. Try scraping the glue residue with a blade, I think you could be more accurate in what you're removing that with wire wool. I wouldn't...

Nice work there Robin, thanks for the suggestion, it’s one option I can't claim credit for that work @boo , it's a shop bought guitar from many years ago. I just showed it as an example, I can't actu...

@boo As an example, my Tanglewood Tomkat has a little fillet at the neck join. Attachment : 20211009_145917.jpg

@boo Could you clean off the sharp edges and put a small fillet around the joint, maybe an epoxy filler, then paint it again.

I could crack an obvious joke about age here but I wouldn’t be so rude to you Robin. Be as rude as you like @boo , can't hide from being old, start collecting my state pension next year.

Hi Robin. Have you always lived in that area? I'm originally a Bairn Yes @russ I'm a Falkirk Bairn. Its a long time since I was at the football though, Alex Ferguson was still playing for them then.

I'm in East Kilbride, a wee bit away from Fife lol. @warmvalves I'm not so far away, I'm not in Fife, you're maybe thinking Falkland. I'm just up the road from Grangemouth. I never intended to actua...

Hi @warmvalves welcome to the group. I don't know much about fret cauls, on the two guitars I've built so far I've used a plastic faced hammer, works for universal radii. How close to Glasgow are yo...

Top job@robin, that came out great! I really like the offset shape and neck joint, the color looks fab as well! How does it play and sound? Thanks @mattbeels its sounding good, but no guitar is goin...

Some factory instruments from 30 years or longer ago have this type of swirl from circular sanding or polishing that can be seen by moving around under a light. You could think of it as stage 1 relic ...

oh yes. I plan to document the first build with Photos - the highs and lows. Its going to be a fantastic journey @whyte Welcome to the group and enjoy your guitar making journey, and don't let the ...

Actually feeling surprised no one mentioned this near miss. @cheesewhisk No one would have noticed, slap some graphite shielding paint over it.

Thanks for the eencouragement @boo , I'm not going to tamper with it and risk spoiling the finish that I've got. The next project is still a block of wood at the moment, so the decision to oil or lacq...

Looks great! Headstock is awesome! Thanks @ wayne_f The headstock started off a little bigger than that. I tried to use a handheld polishing mop and ripped the corner off it. Rather than sand it b...

@wayne_f Routing the headstock angle revealed a defect exactly at the edge of where the headtock will be. Maybe I can get some grain filler to fix it. What finish are you intending to put on your h...

@cheesewhisk I know that feeling all to well when you think you've ruined weeks of work, but once you calm down and think about it there's always a fix and another lesson learnt.

Thanks @boo I can see small swirly scratches shining through the lacquer when I turn it in the sunhine, I don't know if these would polish out or not but I think I'm going to leave it as it is, I'm ...

I like how you have shaped the neck heel to the body Thanks @russ it didn't start off quite as close as that, but by the time I sanded out saw cuts and chisel marks thats where it ended up, so just...