@tv101 don't think it'll need much, trees been standing dead a while and I've burnt the higher branches already. Give it a couple of months in the house I reckon.

How long will you leave it, after planking it, to dry out? And hope the muscle recovers soon!!

@robin Maybe I worry too much, but is the middle part wide enough to fit the studs for the bridge/tailpiece? If a tune 'o matic bridge is used, that is.

Hurt my back properly getting this chunk out from behind the shed lol. Still, there's a guitar body in it. Hoping the fact it splits into four gives some interesting grain. There's a holly tree and th...

@russ no extras bud, they maybe charge UK vat when buying. I noticed Thomman and other EU shops do that too. They charge the correct vat and you get no extra charges. The radius beam cost me just unde...

I think I have a plan now. 27.5" scale length, bone nut (because I have half a dozen bone blanks) sapele body, sapele neck (once I find a piece the right size and shape) redwood top, and...gold hardwa...

That certainly looks like it should be solid enough @Robin. Lots of routering to hollow that out!

That's a good suggestion - thanks @koendb

I think, the thickness of the sides is probably more important during routing, due to the risk of tear out. Once you managed to route it , the thickness does not matter too much anymore, I think. Glue...

After the various suggestions, I ended up using ... Attachment : 20230122_161956sml.jpg Birchwood Casey Tru-Oil. Mainly because I found an unopened little bottle on a shelf! I remember wonde...

@tv101 When you make an electric, but hollow out some/all of the body, how thick do you need to leave the side walls to retain sufficient strength in the wood? I've left about 10mm on this one, I'l...

When you make an acoustic, or hollowbody, the sides are really thin - maybe 2mm-3mm. I guess because you're bending veneers, the strength of the wood is still there because the fibres of the wood are...

Bargain!

I was *very* young when those livestreams went out. I'm much more sensible now I've grown up. 😋

Tomorrow I have to go in to school and do some cleaning up. I'll take photos of the two one-piece blanks I have, and the top that I want to use. More worryingly, I realize that there is some blue-colo...

Just don't get it in your hair - no telling how it would react with all those other products ... 🤣 I'd have thought so. I've done a couple of bodies now, and the original can is still >...

Thanks @tv101. your fortitude and resolution is admirable. But having stepped out onto the wide open plain of possibility that is wax finishing, that Black Bison is calling me; the musky scent, the im...

@koendb yeh I've seen his comments on the live streams, such a liar ain't he 🤣

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