@david-johnson09 If you've got plastic corks in these bottles, iv'e found that they're good for cleaning sand paper.

I think I'd like to join in on a workshop course and build an acoustic, when Mark's allowed to have students in again.

@marcel I was the goalkeeper too. Iv'e been trying to learn to play guitar for over 50 years, maybe I should try bass.

I think thats a very clever fingerboard.

@david-johnson09 thanks for that, I got my flat chisels sharp enough to shave my wrist. Now that I've watched that video I'll have another go at the gouges.

@darrenking I think I'll go with the hidden under the fretboard method as I haven't managed to make an invisible joint on anything else yet. And you're right, hit it hard enough and both styles will...

@darrenking I notice that you have the scarf joint under the fretboard rather than on the headstock. I'm in two minds as to which method is best. I can see that with one method the joint is hidden un...

I hadn't even intended to make a guitar, making new friends is a bonus.

@markbailey Thanks Mark, I'll give that a go. Looks like I'll be spending the rest of the afternoon sharpening old abused chisels.

While were on the subject of sharpening iv'e got two ancient gouges that need sharpened. One of them was in a junk box in my dads workshop when I was a kid, I'm fairly sure that it belonged to my gram...

@johnnierox-boo I'm sure you'll still be welcome after independence, although you might have to join the queue. Tarbert is nice wee town, I'm about 30 miles from there just now in my caravan on Loch ...

@johnnierox-boo What part of our lovely country are you planning on moving to John? My home is near Falkirk, but I spend most of my time in a remote part of Argyll on the west coast in the good clea...

@tv1010101 Yes, your wood database link sums it up and agrees with my own findings on the keruing. So not suitable for musical instruments. I'm not going to use it on the boat either with it's stick...

@rocknroller912 Just as you said, the keruing is very hard to glue, I had left a couple pieces glued and clamped for 24 hours, they just knocked apart with wee tap of a hammer this morning. Also, i...

@rocknroller912 Thanks for that information, that's just what I needed to know to stop me doing something stupid. This particular piece came from where I used to work before retiring. It's used for t...

@tv1010101 Keruing is maybe just a general name for various species, I might as well give it try, somebody has to be the first. At the very least I can use this trail to make and delvelop the jigs ...

The clamps are off and the cap routed to the body profile, I'm really pleased with the nice clean joint line. The remaing stained nail holes wiil disappear with the humbucker cavity. Attachment : ...

@darrenking No problem, I ignored the NCG bit, I assumed it was somè modern technology that iv'e missed out on.

@david-johnson09 Thanks Deej, and thats my entire collection of clamps.

Hi Darren I'm not ready for printing yet, I've been distracted by my practice build that iv'e drawn on paper. I'll add the 1000mm x 100mm rectangle and export a pdf of what iv'e got and send you a fil...