Yes there were a few hairy moments. In fact on one of the cuts the router took a bite and exploded a chunk up near the toggle switch. I had to take a scary sharp chisel and pare the blow out back to a...

@scotty Wow that’s a tremendous amount of work but very worthwhile for the effect. I’ve seen something similar done on a smaller scale using pencils/coloured crayons. I can imagine that the prospect o...

Thanks very much, and of course I can. The best way would be with a table saw but at the time I started this I didn't have access to one so I used a mitre saw. I started with 12mm plywood at around 3...

Hi Scotty, I think your father in law will be a very proud man when he gets that beautiful guitar. I love the body, can you tell us how you achieved the pattern? You’ve obviously put a lot of time and...

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@scotty Glenisla direction, about 20 miles from Dungdee heading into the hills

Nice! Thank you. I'm actually in Fife, its just easier to go with a place more people will have heard of! So where abouts are you?

@scotty Hello Scott, welcome to the party. You will get help here but like others have said, sign up and do the online course. Seriously, it’s the quickest way to learn everything you need or want to ...

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looks good

@clinton I’ve just started using water based Stunning Stains Shots from Crimson Guitars, they come in various colours, are mixed with water and can be blended for custom colours. They cost £5.50 for 1...

I Attachment : IMG_8337.jpeg I’m about to grain fill with aqua coat and ebony dust to prepare for final sanding and then finishing with Keda leather dye for the top and going batural for the b...

great work so far.

Gorgeous Classic!

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nice build

@nsj thx for info, i am still in doubt if i will carve bye hand or use templates.

Hey up Scott, I'm about 60 miles or so further north of Edinburger. Welcome to your new life of being poor but surrounded with guitars lol

What I do is to make the front of the heel about 1mm or so lower than the back. Then I clamp the neck to the body and run a straight edge over the frets. Measure at the scale line and measure my heel ...

I'm working on a difficult fretboard inlay and am struggling to find the best method, maybe someone here has some advice..... I'm working on a maple fretboard (separate from neck), and it needs block ...