@rocknroller912 ah the trusty lathe, one day I’ll find one cheap enough to justify 🙂 the other thing I thought with the base was that you could polish it to sanding through grades to 2500 gri...

@tej Thanks for asking, I’m still working on it. I had a router malfunction of course possibly due partly to operator error but partly not. I found that the centre pin on my Dremel circle cutter was ...

@rocknroller912 did you sort this out in the end?

A few minor scratches to get out now, then deciding when to drill the bridge holes. Also need to focus a bit of time shaping the tips of the horns as they’re a bit sloppy. Attachment : 90BE98F8-4E...

@rocknroller912 it’s a gotoh 510UB my concern is around possible need for lateral movement as opposed to the intonation. I’ll set it up on some scrap and see what play there is in it.

@tej What type of bridge do you have. If it has some intonation adjustment that should take care of any small changes after the neck is glued.

@frocesterbill that was my thought but there’s no play in it, I’ve rushed a few decisions on this build and things haven’t always gone to plan, hence the paranoia!

If your neck pocket is tight then the neck will be in the same position so you should be able to drill bridge holes now - can't see it being a problem - only issue would be if the neck can wobble side...

As I need to apply the guitar finish before glueing the neck I’m not sure when to drill the holes for the bridge. Current thought is that I could dry clamp the neck in now and drill the bridge holes t...

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@steveadams I know this is stating the obvious but no one has said it yet. The difficulty you will have fitting another inlay if you can’t get a clean channel is that the centre has been removed so us...

@rocknroller912 I doubt very much he'd go for an oil finish. He just commented he might want to go for the same colour as his AC Cobra replica, which I can see working. Attachment : steves_cobra...

@jonhodgson I think Bailey would be a good place to get a quote from. Mark has the best finish on any guitars I’ve seen and probably the longest lasting due to it being oil based.

Hi, This isn't for me (I want to try my hand at finishing my own) but a friend of mine has a Fender Jaguar that is now looking a bit worn and he just asked me if I had any idea what it would cost to r...

@clinton shaping up nicely!

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@steveadams the way it’s come out for you does make me question whether to stain the wood at all 🤔

@steveadams I made an inlay from walnut and found it was tricky so good luck with it

Thanks for all the replies guys.. I think I have no choice but to scrape out the inlay and try and make a new inlay from rosewood to contrast the spruce... It will take some fiddling...but hey ho... o...