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There are a lot of tools you can buy for guitar building that would break the bank if you tried to get them all. What I can not afford I try and build until I can afford to get the nice stuff. For in...

Currently waiting for my neck blank to be delivered but it should be here in a couple days. I ordered one that's 30X4X4. I'm gonna have to rip it down to two separate 2X4 pieces and then smooth out th...

@robin, with regard to masking the holes, I meant I didn’t do that, not that I don’t intentionally! That said do you know how you would go about this?

I hadn't masked off the bridge post holes when I lacquer my current build @robin ok, so I don’t do that either but I like the solution. What I’m thinking now is to do that to get the built up finish ...

@tej Only concern now is that the bridge is a very tight fit in the mount holes, I hadn't masked off the bridge post holes when I lacquer my current build, so the holes have shrunk with all the lacq...

I'm *just* manly enough to go into Screwfix 🙂 I don't want to get laughed out of a lumber yard for building a guitar and not a house 😉 @stephen No, don’t think like that. The lumber y...

Again, thank for the welcome - and I'm sure great advice. I'm just about finished my 2nd kit build, I've learned A LOT - some of which I'll go back and apply to my 1st kit and even some of my more aff...

I finally got it out of a state of just hanging around to a state of getting all the hardware on it and getting some strings on it. I’ve done a quick setup and it plays beautifully. All I need to do n...

I got the frets in this thing. Evo Gold 3mm Jumbo ✨🐘 Attachment : 79E3277A-0799-4519-A00C-6732E5E4EECC.jpeg Attachment : 92A4F846-6389-46D8-8917-956EF562A638.jpeg

I’m not putting a reamer anywhere near this build, bad experiences with them, if it comes to it I’ll make some tedious sanding tool and do it very carefully. I’ve some scrap to experiment on but I wan...

t was a little scary. @boo I’m not putting a reamer anywhere near this build, bad experiences with them, if it comes to it I’ll make some tedious sanding tool and do it very carefully. I’ve some scra...

Only concern now is that the bridge is a very tight fit in the mount holes, at least it is in the test ones, I meant to address that before I applied the finish but didn’t stupidly. Just hoping enlarg...

I’ve somehow missed all of this I’ll not take your previous silence personally @boo 😉 Only concern now is that the bridge is a very tight fit in the mount holes, at least it is in the test on...

@tej Hey man, I’ve somehow missed all of this, just caught up now. It’s all looking superb and you just have to work through the mistakes, it’s part of the job. I’m looking forward to seeing the finis...

Here’s a pic of one that does the same, I’ll post a pic of my more rough and ready version later. It’s basically a straight plank with a couple of clamps on, I might have over sold it 🙂 So you...

Well hello there, after an uncooperative summer mixed with illness and isolation progress is now being made again. Top coats of finish now going onto the body and neck, pics to follow. Looking at abou...

@frank1985 how did you get on?

making a neck still looks intimidating @stephen Firstly, welcome 🙂 Secondly, please don’t let wood intimidate you! I’d previously put together a kit guitar, finished it nicely and learn how t...

Can I ask how you managed to make an accurate neck taper template? @russ not sure about others but I used a table saw with a jig I use to square rough planks. Happy to elaborate with picture if it’s ...