Meant to include a before pic of how the guitar used to look Attachment : 20230308_162921.jpg Full build can be found on my youtube channel too

Lovely work @nsj! I wouldn't have thought the tiger router would have left the body surface flat enough for gluing on a top, but good to know!

nice guitar

Built this one a while agao, first carve top. Had a few things i wasm't happy with, floyd sat above the body, recess wasn't nicely lined up and the finish was kinda sticky. I thought lets improive it....

@koendb oh you know it..... #2 going to paint tomorrow. #3 starting this week

@nsj Thanks Neil, Yeah the neck wood is some kind of “mahogany “ and my best guess is Gabon mahogany (okoume) but not at all sure.👍😃🎸

@brie Looks really nice bud, the neck wood looks a bit mahogany ish but not sure.

@brie couldn't agree more. Well just have to struggle through it!

@liebe Yeah Timberline have some nice stuff, not cheap mind you and the prices are before VAT, so it’s a nasty surprise when the tax isadded!!🤣 If you’re seriously going to buy a bit foe exper...

@benjaminschwillens82gmail-com Thanks Ben👍😃🎸

@russ Thanks Russ👍😃🎸

@brie Cheers Brian!

@liebe Thanks Dan, the London Plane came from a company called Timberline shop.exotichardwoods.co.uk they call it Lacewood but proper lacewood is totally different. They have it as bookmatched guitar ...

@brie it's looking really good! I really like the grain pattern of the poplar and the top is 👌. I'm going to have to investigate London plane, where did you get it from? Any thoughts on how th...

I’d hoped to be finished this one a while back but, as they say, the best laid schemes O’ mice and men. Anyway here it is, what we have is a Poplar body with a London Plane cap, the neck wood is myste...

@koendb what great wood craft

Really splendid!

Great work Neil, really like that yew and resin body cap, looks ace!👍😃🎸

@koendb zero issues, I did 3 but when pulling the trem up it was pushing against the springs so I tried 2 and it works perfect.

great guitar, nice wood