@russ thanks buddy.   Currently trying to learn Satriani's surfing with the alien on it but it's awfy fast lol

Those look awesome! Building guitars from scratch must be pretty rewarding, especially once you’ve made enough of them to really develop your own style. A 30" short scale sounds interesting too — how ...

They look great Jim. I'm just about to start on the neck & am making a couple of jigs.  

Go for it! You get better the more guitars you make! I make a lot now I have retired. Here are some I have built from scratch. They are all short scale 30". Attachment : DSCF3590.JPG Attachm...

@nsj Yeah that’s where I get most of my paints from. It’s not cheap compared to other places but it’s fantastic stuff. I’ve not done anything for ages but I’ve got plenty planned. I will make a return...

@boo Cheers.I bought the paint as a kit, coarse silver, candy orange and 2k clear from kustom canz  

@nsj That is a very nice guitar Neil. Well done with the paint job, I love the colour. I’m glad you chose to use a candy over silver, it adds that bit extra depth and effect. Top job.

nice build again. great video as well on YT.

Latest build all done based on the guitar used by Joe Satriani, ibanez JS2450   Body is poplar, maple neck, ebony board, gotoh hardware and warman pickups. Bridge is the zebra with an A5 magnet s...

@hortlysuch Thanks for your response. Tips taken on board.

From my experience, the main challenges are making it compact while still feeling like a “real” instrument. Watch the neck joint strength, tuner placement, and overall weight distribution because a sm...

Hi @JojoPG and welcome to the forums👍😃 You’ve certainly chosen well in joining here, Mark’s courses are great and easy to follow and there’s a wealth of experience you can tap into on ...

Hey everyone, Joining here per a recommendation. After painting, modding and setting up my own guitars over the past year I realised there was nothing stopping me from building my own. As a lefty, all...

@rib-f there's no doubt you'll make some errors along the way but yeh, it's a learning process. These days mistakes don't phase me in the slightest, I just assess the situation and come up with a plan...

@nsj I hogged out the bulk of the material before hand. I worked out to angle the bit & lower it gently after the first cut . Maybe my cut was a bit deeper than it should have been. I guess all ...

@rib-f I angle the router and then lower it while moving, I find it pretty controllable. You can also use a forstner bit to hog some of the material out first which can make things easier. I just make...

Attachment : guityar.jpg @nsj Thank you very much for your response. That clears up a few things. I am mainly using a palm router &, like you I have a 200mm acrylic base I have made to scre...

On this question, the 23mm measurement is almost certainly the neck shaft before the fretboard is added, measured at the heel. A typical separate fretboard is usually around 6–6.5mm thick before radiu...

Hi peeps, it's a been a loooooooooong time since I've posted here but I finally have a bit of breathing space to start a new build and was contemplating making a small travel electric. Essentially thi...

Have you started the build yet? When thicknessing a neck blank I always leave an extra 1mm, so if aiming for 21mm at the 1st I'll take it down to 22mm. You can lose 1mm easily by the time you've radi...