I’m going to be bending the sides myself.. @steveadams I’ve just watched the side-bending lesson this morning.  It doesn’t actually look that hard, and using the iron actually looks safer than using the big jig thing.   Though Mark makes…   Read more»

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Your guitar looks killer! Great job for sure and the pro photos really help it shine. Are you also the photographer?

@steveadams It’s a wonderful finish Steve, what oil did you use. I think the whole guitar looks wonderful. Well done. 

hear your thoughts.. @steveadams Hey, I’m impressed man, that is great. I really love the shape and all the carving you’ve done on the body. Are you going to build any more guitars? Have you caught the bug yet? Yeah…   Read more»

Now that’sa workhorse of a bench @steveadams

That looks like a hefty piece of furniture @steveadams. I like the neat touches too – covering the screw holes on a workbench is attention to detail! The top looks almost too nice to work on though.  Imagine drilling through…   Read more»

here are a few pics of my bench build…

@steveadams Yeah, that’s the kind of thing I want to build. I want lots of vices though as well. 

@steveadams I’ll double check my pillar drill is not wandering and do another test with a very tightly clamped piece… I solved it by starting the hole with the brad point drill to get an accurate location. Then I put…   Read more»

Looking forward to hearing from the top brains on the forum.

@steveadams Not sure I’m a top brain but I’ll try and help you. 🤣
I use Tru Oil, I absolutely love it for an oil finish. 

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but finally worked out a method

It’s all part of the fun.

@steveadams  I had a bit of a learning opportunity when I fitted my bridge. I had drilled my test hole on a bit of scrap using my pillar drill, the post fitted perfectly. When went to drill the body, the…   Read more»

@steveadams No problem, that’s what we are all here for. Like @robin has just said, you don’t need to worry about those intonation measurements with this bridge as they are already built into the bridge itself. Just mark your scale…   Read more»

It is 82mm apart from centers of each posts. Hence, 41mm to both sides. Yeah well said @clinton Remember @steveadams that everything is measured from the centre line. So when you have measured your 6mm back from the scale length…   Read more»

and this is where I’m confused by the 6mm line. @steveadams Hey Steve, watch this video. Hope it helps, this is what I did. The bridge does not need to go on an angle for the intonation, that is built…   Read more»

Posted by: @steveadams to be honest I didn’t consider the tang width thinking they would all be pretty standard. But as you can see from the other pic  it has a tang width of .7mm which will not fit in…   Read more»

@steveadams Did you make sure to get a fretboard with a scale length to match everything else? As for bridge holes – Next time it is better to wait until you have the neck fitted – then you can mark…   Read more»