Thanks everyone. I'm sure I could effect a cosmetic repair ... I guess doing it in a way that doesn't self-destruct on the first turn of the truss rod will be the key. I use the same template for my n...

Attachment : IMG_20210123_124502.jpg Got 'over brave' trying to carve something that wasn't a baseball bat and I forgot that this truss rod was deeper than the last few I've bought ... Bloody anno...

What a brilliant idea that I'd never thought of! You're more than welcome to claim as your own tv1, afterall sharing knowledge is what the guitar building community is all about. (unless you were bei...

Hi Steve I've used both Crimson's penetrating and high build oils; The penetrating oil works great on necks - couple of coats applied with 2000 grit paper (leaving plenty of drying time) then rub down...

Attachment : IMG_20201204_112131.jpg Here's a case in point - I've just made this neck blank out of laminated pine shelving strips. I don't think knotty pine will make a proper neck but I want to ...

From what I've seen around the internet you can build a guitar body out of anything you can fasten a neck, pickups, and bridge to (circular saw blades, concrete, lego, pencils, and shovels are all on ...

I have many happy memories of Blackpool Pleasure beach in the 70/80's but I'm willing to bet it's far from the same place now...

Welcome Steve Building guitars sounds like a great retirement to me. 🙂

Welcome to the forum 🙂 I was very proud of my even string spacing on a nut I cut the other week ... only to realise that I'd cut 7 slots for a 6 string guitar.

Attachment : image.png I found these top loaders very easy to use - no drilling holes through the body and no break angle for the neck to worry about. Most sites have for under £20

@boo I used one of those Grainger ferule blocks on a previous build. Good gear let down by me putting the bridge in the wrong place. Forgetting to put the insert back in and partitially routing out to...

@boo Great song. Never caught them live with Lane but "new" singer Will Duval is amazing.

Not normally a fan of Cookie Monster vocals but I'm really liking this; In a bizarre way it's almost soothing.

Having only radiused 3 necks I probably can't add much to the excellent advice already given (I clamped the neck, used a short radius block, and check with radius gauge frequently) but one thing I did...

mmmm wood porn 🙂 That's going to look so good ... You worried about weight or just going to suffer for your art?

For my first build I re-used pickups that I kept from years ago when I upgraded my Ibanez RG270 but when compared to the Seymour Duncan's I was used to hearing they did sound a bit lacking. Second bui...

Following on from a YouTube video comment about neck carving, Mark asked to me to let him know how it went, and because of his top notch tips I've finally carved a neck I was happy with at first play....

Nice work Russ 🙂 I'm planning to make a headstock angle jig before attempting build no5 because whilst planes/rasps/sandpaper do work (eventually) I'm all for making life easier...

Welcome Bodess. Love that headstock - reminds me of Batman 🙂

My cat was sleeping near the laptop and I think Mark's potty mouth may have traumatised her - can you send me one of those fret slotting jigs in lieu of paying the vet's bill? 😀