Awesome @nsj! That neck looks soo good. I generally prefer guitars without pickguard, but looking at these pictures, I realize that, for me, a strat looks weird without one 🤔 The back looks k...

And finished, more or less lol. Just got to do a bit more setting up, intonation, string height etc. Attachment : 20230913_165137.jpg Attachment : 20230913_165156.jpg

@boo I've sold 5 but still have a few kicking about lol Attachment : 20230914_133017.jpg Attachment : 20230914_133025.jpg Attachment : 20230914_133028.jpg Attachment : 20230...

@tv101 I’ve heard a rumour that some do, yes! 😆 Myth and legend?

Hang on just a minute ... People sell guitars???

@nsj Looks stunning as usual. Are you like me that your guitar collection is outgrowing the space in your house or do you sell your creations on? Do you make them for yourself or for customers?

That is the correct opinion @koendb 😆

Congratulations grampa @Robin! Wait a couple of years and get the littl'un to sort out that wiring (they have smaller fingers, easier to fish around inside a hollowbody). My first grandchild is just ...

@robin Congratulations on the grandchild Robin.

Still haven't got the electrics working, had the harness in and out another couple times now. There's been various faults, I'd broken an earth wire off one of the pots, a tiny bit of solder between t...

This song is as relevant today as it was when it was written. ✊ Unions (I don’t mean the British union) Great song by the Strawbs ✊

Yesterday , I finished the tuning pegs by cutting them to length and adding the string hole. This is done with a little jig. Basically a block of wood with a tapered hole to accept the pin and a 1.2mm...

That's an incredible piece of workmanship Koen, proper old-school skills, and it looks like a beautiful instrument at the end of it. You'll have fun playing that in the local bars ... 😉 Big, BIG WOW...

@koendb It’s stunning work, I’m so impressed. It’s definitely a whole different ball game to making electric guitars. Sure a lot of fundamental skills are the same but the tools and skill set required...

@russ the laundry is also in my workshed

made a slideshow video of the prototype build, hope this is allowed here? if not I'll remove it.

Right on! Bass builder!

I was thinking of doing a bass next, haven't done one yet.

@clinton A pair of beauties.

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