@clinton Thanks there is some discussion at the moment about using veneer and finding a method that works, so I thought you might have the secret

@rocknroller912 Maple carve top

@clinton Looks very professional, is the top carved from solid wood or veneers glued together.

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@nsj Yeah I know a couple of people too. It is indeed, highly annoying. 😂

@boo my mate can play like that, he's really annoying lol

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Ooooh my first set neck is now glued and clamped! Better look up proper bridge position for a TOM next so I can get the post holes all drilled once the glue has set. Sure it was something like scale p...

Right, fretwork and markers all sorted. Now it's close to gluing in the neck. First I'll clamp it and check I have the height for the bridge though, then glue. Went slightly deep on the fret slots b...

@robin definitely buddy, I don't freak out as much now, just think of a possible solution and get on with it

@nsj I love the way I handle mistakes these days rather than freak out. It's from making loads previously Thats a good fix. I'm sure that I learn a lot more from fixing mistakes than I do from gett...

Well today was different, I was doing my recessed controls but tried to be a bit clever and paid the price lol The bit caught the wood and had a munch Attachment : VideoCapture_20230315-183046...

@swepri it's a bit nervy but I just followed Marks vid and it came out great! Gave me a right buzz! I've got a stack of ebony boards, takes a right bloody whack to get the frets seated sometimes lol

@nsj It will be my first carve, so I hope it will be fairly easy. I'm going to do the neck first, while the walnut is acclimating in the garage. Working on the ebony fretboard at the moment.

Ooh nice, when watching Mark doing the carve he only marked about a 1/4 inch, 6mm or so so don't need it to thick. I'd imagine walnut would be nice to carve too. Also I can say that it's very satisfyi...

Well after a few months I’m back to work building my second design. I had several other kit/parts builds I had started and I finished several while I’ve left my design alone. Here it is thus far thoug...

Starting my third build, finally. It will be loosely based on the Bandsman, but with tune-o-matic and four pots. I have a nice piece of walnut for the top and hope I will not screw it up when resawin...

@tv101 mate used to work for carpenter oak in Scotland doing that very job, he travelled all over.

I've heard that some people even waste it, building house frames!! Nice carving work there.

Well today was carve day, oak is really really hard! Anyway I got there in the end and also did the access carve, did it on the bobbin sander and it worked lol Attachment : 20230313_174313.jpg...