Just used my Bagpress fret slotting jig for the first time and it's amazing! Today has been a good day; I managed to conquer the witchcraft that is using hand planes to get a square and flat* fretboar...

It would be interest on peoples thought on what makes the best tone. Agree with what TV said. When plugged in it comes down to your fingers, pickups, and amp. Got an ex band mate who used both solid ...

Never done exactly this but I cocked up fitting a Grainger ferule block in a similar way. I tried to make an exact fit for the hole i.e. oval shape at the ends and didn't succeed which meant lots of f...

I was bored so I decided to give @Tej's suggestion a try. It took well over an hour and the fretboard will need a little more glue & dust in places but I've ended up with a usable fretboard (altho...

Can't add much to what the guys above said re glue amount and clamping pressure but what works for me is leaving the fretboard slightly oversize when gluing (with centre lines on neck and board as a r...

PS - if you're not following a template for your body shape and just carving/sanding after cutting roughly to shape, then you probably don't really need the edge trimming cutter.

It confused me too to begin with 😀 You don't have to use both bearings at once - use whichever best suits the job you're doing and where you have the template. Here's how I do it (the more ex...

I did something far less scientific for thinning down my last neck blank; Masking tape & superglued two long pieces of equal height wood (and higher than my blank) to my workmate. Clamped the neck...

Good work on making the jig 😀 I think common wisdom seems to be bend a couple lower than your radius. I've used 14" for on three 16" necks and 10" for a 12" neck and both seemed to work well.

I started out with (as it was capable of trimming bodies and necks in one pass but you could use a shorter cutter and do a few passes). For cavities I first bought and finished the tighter corners b...

I bought Radian based on a recommendation but they're certainly well made, very sharp, and spare parts like bearings are available. I didn't buy a straight cutter (as a 6mm one came with the router) b...

My two favourites at the moment; Great combination of dirty blues and rock. It's a cover but I think it's better than the original.

Hi Tej Welcome to the most friendly and helpful forum (for any topic) on the internet. Just to echo what others have said - keep it simple for your first one as it's certainly not as easy as the video...

@Boo Yes, it will be ferules (or maybe set neck if I do a neat enough job of the joint). Haven't used a plate on any guitar I've built yet. One of the joys of building my own has been no more 'palm st...

Been playing around with body ideas for the next build. Attachment : IMG_20210407_161124.jpg This one is really a variation on what I've done before but at least I'll know it will work. Atta...

Hi Louis It's been nearly 30 years since I did my electronic engineering HND but your circuit diagram makes sense. I've never seen a guitar use capacitors that large though - do you really mean 27 and...

@darrenking Do you hold your neck in the desired location (with clamp or masking tape & super glue), attach your template gizmo to the body flush to the neck, then remove the neck leaving template...

I've got a nice Stew Mac neck template in clear Perspex with marks for centre line etc but my neck master templates (CNC'd 60's Strat) that I got from Ebay when I first started don't exactly match in ...

Some very cool looking guitars underway there @eddie6string The grain in that green tele is lovely.

Thanks @cheesewhisk There's still the odd bit of orange peel here and there but I'd rather have that than rub through the finish. If I had a spray booth (rather than using cans in my back garden) then...