@tv101  I haven’t posted progress on any builds as I’ve been busy with non guitar stuff although I have been spraying a Tele neck earlier this week and doing an oil finish on the body, which isn’t good enough to…   Read more»

@tv101
The forum has been very quiet recently, since the live streams finished people don’t seem to be posting as much. I guess people have had to go back to work and not spend as much time guitar making.

@norriemac You don’t need a jig to do any of the things you describe. People use them for routers which are a fairly recent thing. Mortise and tenon jigs and binding can all be cut by hand tools and have…   Read more»

@kevin-turvey 
Yes you will waste a lot of top coat if you don’t seal first.
 

@tv101
Here is one you might like
 

@tv101
Is the photo the piece with the split ? I can’t see anything 

@kevin-turvey  This is a good sanding sealer that will work and is available easily on the internet at not too much cost. Danish oil does work under nitro but is a lot of hard work as a grain filler. Chestnut also…   Read more»

@kevin-turvey  I think it will work. I’ve used sanding sealer over Danish oil, but from what you describe using oil as a filler probably isn’t necessary. From memory Liberon sanding sealer is quite thick so it will act as a…   Read more»

@kevin-turvey  I should have explained better. After a few coats of oil I wet sand with oil and abrasive paper along the grain and let it dry. Then I wet sand with water making sure to keep the water clean…   Read more»

@norriemac 
It might have been badly dried causing cracks. Was the olive wood hard to glue.

Posted by: @kevin-turvey Can anybody recommend a brand of inexpensive pore or grain filler for a mahogany like wood available here in the uk? Danish Oil works well as a grain filler on Mahogany type wood if you apply as…   Read more»

@norriemac
Your guitar looks good and very ambitious for a first build 

@markbailey
Sorry to be a wet blanket but I don’t like the new layout at all as I find the light blue text on a white background to be very difficult to read.

@pruch1989
This forum is for guitar makers we don’t write essays

I would use mild steel as the bridge has to be earthed or connected to ground, and I think it’s the best material for this. I’m presuming it’s an electric build, but if it’s acoustic then it doesn’t matter much….   Read more»

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One for you