@swepri that’s interesting and something I’ll look to do for future builds. For this first build I’m following along with the Design Your Own Electric Guitar course and Mark uses a nut to mark out it’s position relative to the…   Read more»

Thanks @swepri. Satisfying experience – although soldering is a constant headache. 
Trying to do a Caballo Tono Ligero thinline with this one.

@swepri got a coping saw for the squiggly bits.

@swepri A40640 module, do fancy doing other stuff but that means making the effort to learn and I’m not always good at that lol
 
I’ve seen guys on guitar building fb groups doing all sorts

@swepri neje 3 plus, got it off ebay. I seen a friend using it on his youtube and asked what he was using, he had the 2 plus but it wasn’t available so I got the 3 plus. It’s bigger…   Read more»

@swepri Thanks for that, guitar body and neck are now sleeping in the spare bedroom, which has at least a fairly stable temperature. Just hope we don’t get any visitors, they might not like having guitar parts in bed with…   Read more»

@swepri Thanks for your welcome Swepri

@swepri cheers, I think that’s the hardest part when starting out is not to rush things, I’m trying to decide what the best option for me is, video or workshop course – the support on here is amazing so I’m…   Read more»

@swepri If you have a bobbin sander, clamp a straight piece of wood to it so you can rest the neck against it. This will be to remove that lump of woods (neck and fretboard) and crest that curved transition….   Read more»

@swepri After that I drill the truss rod access hole, using a very long drill bit, it’s easier this way as it’s almost like lining up a shot in a game of pool or snooker. Clamp the neck down to…   Read more»

@swepri If you are thinking of doing a parallel headstock, Fender style, then you can do the truss rod either end. I’ve always done it at the headstock end but I’ve recently bought some dual action truss rods with the…   Read more»

Hey @swepri, I’ve not made any bit on necks yet, but I’ve set up quite a few guitars with bolt on necks. The vintage approach is to have the adjustment in the heel. Fender later changed it to the headstock….   Read more»

@swepri Oil base much preferred for guitar finishing.

[quote data-userid=”14309″ data-postid=”25202″] @swepri  A letter code may be used to identify which taper is used, but the letter code definitions are not standardized. Now that thats cleared up, I’ll see if I can find another can of worms to…   Read more»

@swepri 

A letter code may be used to identify which taper is used, but the letter code definitions are not standardized.

Now that thats cleared up, I’ll see if I can find another can of worms to open.

@swepri me three but they’ve always been A for audio and B for linear. No idea where anyone buys the back to front crazy pots lol

[quote data-userid=”34366″ data-postid=”25184″] I have seen…   Read more»

According to…   Read more»

@swepri every pot for guitar I ever see is either china, japan or usa made anyway, can’t say I’ve ever seen a european pot. Seen reference to vintage pots using a C though lol

I have seen both, but did…   Read more»