Here's with the clamps off Attachment : IMG_1945.jpeg Still more to clean up. Next up is locating and routing the pickups.

My favourite song today, not a Dutch artist, but so beautiful!

@nsj Very nice work as usual. I would be tempted to route a shallow recess for the bridge to sit in rather than install a different bridge. All your screw holes and alignment is already there, it’s ea...

@nsj That one turned out great!

Finished at last, well ish lol. Found a high fret I missed, I often miss just the one. Anyway sorted that, still need to lower the nut a little too. Other thing is the string height is about 3mm at th...

@nickkuk Sounds like you have everything under control, I agree with all of that. Yeah I think that when things are rough cut, it reminds me of Ceefax graphics from the 80s and 90s. 😂

It's morphed a little from the original design. Originally it was to be a 27" but then became as 28.625" 7 string. The mahogany was replaced by walnut and wenge. It's also been pretty much a hand tool...

Pre glue up, it shows the rough shape (note it's not completely aligned in the photo and there is a deliberate oversize). Attachment : IMG_1935.jpg

An update on my build.. I've now planed and glued up my 7 laminate neck, roughed out my fretboard, enough to show it as a mock up (without the black tuners which wouldn't stand up straight). The body....

@wolframmalukker 😳 😳 😳 wow, uh no I’m not kin to either of those that I know of. In the BG area, I’m kin to Runners & Richards (😂 R&R 🤣). My 1st cousin ...

@robin I know, I’m only kidding. I’ll probably beat the hell out of it over time. 😂 I will treat the top with several coats of poly though, to protect it from too much staining.

My truss rod arrived today, so slot routed and fillet made. My routing jig slipped by about 1mm when I clamped it, so new centreline drawn. I can visualise all my good clamps hanging in my caravan she...

@robin 😂 Brilliant! I bet your wife loves that. It must seem like everyone apart from her, to her.

@boo Hi Boo, I think it's a trait that I inherited from my dad, and I've got my daughter thinking the same way too. She sends me photos of stuff she finds washed up asking if i want it.

@robin Hahaha….. Nice one Robin, that’s really cool. I love the fact that your wife saw rubbish and you saw a bending iron. I’m exactly the same, I never want to throw out the stuff I find.

I had always imagined my biggest stumbling block would was going to be bending the sides. I've made made my bending heater this morning it consists of a hobby hot air gun and an aluminium tube. The al...

@boo it’s going to be encased in a glass cabinet I was very careful and looked after my bench when I built it. Now it has various patches of coloured stain, holes drilled through it and solder burn...

@swepri 😂 Nope, it’s going to be encased in a glass cabinet. Oh, just realised I need to build a glass cabinet. 😂

@boo Nice! Built with love and care. Do you dare to actually use that fine bench when finished? 😀

Used a small router to hog out the majority to the waste, then fine cut the rest out with chisels. Glued one in and left it overnight. I’ll plane it down today and sand it flush. Attachment : IMG...