Thanks @boo, for your many wise words 😀  It certainly is part if the fun to fix the problems that arise as well as to solve challenges – most of my challenges came from my own inadequacies with woodworking tools…   Read more»

@koendb doing the sums is easy enough, but i wanted a visual representation, and I hadn’t found one online. The fretfind2d one looks great though – thank you for the pointer!
cheers
Steve

@koendb yeah, they are! My rubyburst was a kit, but I decided that I didn’t like the pickguard, and moved the control cavity from the front of the guitar to the back. Also, the nut had to come off and…   Read more»

Hey there, everyone! So, the project guitar is finished (for a given value of „finished“ – there are some details to take care of yet). But it´s built and it plays nicely – certainly better than the donor Aria did…   Read more»

@swepri there‘s some trigonometry that can help here (based on the assumption that you can cut the 12“ radius perfectly). For a 56mm wide fretboard, the edges would have about 1.3mm removed. So if you wanted to cut the fret…   Read more»

Posted by: @markbailey @steveh Good call…I think that is the best course of action. Once you have the methods down you will be unstoppable 👍 Hi Mark,   So, I finally got round to re-drawing my plan  – the original…   Read more»

@markbailey Hi Mark, thanks for your comments. To be honest, I wasn’t sure about the high fret access. It’s prompted a bit of a re-think on my part, and I’ve decided to follow your designs more closely, and if I…   Read more»

@markbailey Hi Mark, thank you for your reply. I should have mentioned it beforehand, but the Aria had a bolt on neck. Is that going to be a problem while following the course?  As far as the pickups are concerned,…   Read more»

Posted by: @koendb @steveh Early in the 80’s, I must have been around 13 or 14 then,  I had an Aria Sunburst Strat copy. I remember swapping it with a cheaper knockoff because I wanted a black one cause that…   Read more»

Thanks for the welcome, everybody. I will set up a project page once I get going. I’ve got something in mind already 🙂

Posted by: @rocknroller912 @boo @steveh Ive had a bike in my garage for 25 years and never found it to be a problem with woodwork. Bike gets cleaned in the driveway and only sits there, so why solve a problem…   Read more»