@nsj thanks, both good suggestions, although I tightened the trussrod to the point of creaking alarmingly to get it not quite straight. i do have a means of setting the neck the way you described; I just forgot about it….   Read more»

@russ thanks Russ – this one was quite challenging as I was breaking a lot of new ground for me.

Ugh, here’s a thing. The frets aren’t quite level, so I decided to revisit that. I can’t quite get the neck flat, even with no string tension. With the Trussrod at its tightest, I have the slightest amount of forward…   Read more»

So, ladies and gents, I give you: „The Guitar that didn’t want to be Built“ as I know it affectionately

I know it by a few other, less affectionate names, too, but we’ll leave that for now….   Read more»

Hi everyone! I put together the Explorer-like in mock up ….

 Nothing is bolted down in the mock up, but I’ve subsequently checked and drilled most things. I’m planning on a dark green stain for the body, and…   Read more»

@nsj yeah, I’m not sure what happened. I was planning to do exactly that, but then didn’t 🙄 🤔

So, finally mocked up the Floyd Rose rout (note tactical use of screwdriver as there is no string tension to keep the bridge level. I’ll try to get the spring claw a bit better centered, but on the whole I’m…   Read more»

[quote data-userid=”49000″ data-postid=”24465″] @steveh musiclily do a decent routing template, only thing missing is the recess for the floyd but that’s not to hard to knock up.   I’d recommend grabbing a gotoh floyd, 150 ish but fantastic units. Even…   Read more»

[quote data-userid=”34366″ data-postid=”24453″] @steveh Planning and drawing is a useful start. Maybe you could try out the necessary routing for the trem on a cheap piece of wood, to confirm. How is samba wood to work with? I have only…   Read more»

@russ thank you – that’s all the encouragement I need 😋

Explorer bodies take a lot of wood! Given that I’ve never made a body with rout for a trem system, FR or otherwise, I guessed that the chances of me making a horlicks of it are quite high, so I…   Read more»