@markbailey I am quickly weighing on the side of just starting one from scratch, I might give the fretting a go and see how I get on until I have the rest of the tools!

@rocknroller912 I bought some fret wire a few months ago just off amazon before I had done much research into the subject, I have Dunlop accu-fret jumbo size. I am unsure whether I will still use thos...

Been a long time since I signed in. But here are some pics of the finished thing… Attachment : 8E269330-4436-47C1-8440-B43813D92433.jpeg Attachment : 04030684-66B7-4691-BAEF-8DB3B3F7BAB8....

Posted by: @rocknroller912 Decided it’s my next song to learn now that live music has started again. What a laid-back performer @rocknroller912!

This one is for @russ because thanks to you Russ I’ve been humming this damn riff for days. It’s a good song but the main riff is that infectious, it stays in your head for days (mine anyway). I need ...

Posted by: @boo Yeah I think if I just do a simple oil finish, I could do one in a week. That’d be something interesting to try. Perhaps we could have some sort of challenge amongst ourselves; “what...

Posted by: @boo At some point in the near future, I want to make a guitar from start to finish as fast as I can and see what happens (staying safe too though). I’ll start with a baseline of 1 week; ...

Posted by: @rocknroller912 I’m planning a 3 colour sunburst body sometime probably after the winter unless I can find a good way of heating my garage up to temperature, so I might need to pick your b...

@tv101 Thanks T, appreciate it. The finishing section you mention (3 months) is partly due to life getting in the way and the dry/curing times of products I used. Another part of the problem is that ...

Posted by: @boo G&W are selling shims now too. @boo thanks, I’ll have a go at making some first but at least those are a sensibly priced option

Unmasked and left to dry. There is a little splatter of primer from the gun left on the surface, that will just sand flat when it’s dry. Attachment : 7F184A13-F73D-45B2-9AA7-41F3D80931B0.jpeg ...

Couple more coats and it’s looking much better. I’ll let it settle for a couple of days and sand it, again. Then I’ll check to see if it needs even more primer. Attachment : 23061B53-EF88-4486-AA...

Time for the nitro primer. 1st coat is very light to check for reactions, you can still see the shadow of the isolator paint bleeding through. That will disappear when opacity is gained with a couple ...

Okay, I ditched the “amateur” rattle cans (nearly) @robin 😂 I did use more of the isolator (rattle can), let it dry and sanded it back, ready to take some nitro primer. Attachment : 7C07B...

One of the songs we do with "Akoestische Heeren" (Acoustic Gentlemen) is Green River. Last week when we were jamming at the attic of guitar player Stijn we came up with this version. And decided to re...

May I share

Posted by: @russ I'm proof, @tv101, that you can waffle on in this forum without having built anything. 🤣😂........yet. @russ 🎯💯 🤣

Cheers @tej As you can see, I'm a bit of an expert when it comes to taking it slow. 😂🤣 🎸🙏🎶🙂