Posted by: @swepri A thin top laminated to the body (resawn on the bandsaw, also a first) Congrats on managing to do that.  You need a well set-up bandsaw and a decent blade to get that done successfully. I’ve tried…   Read more»

Welcome back @swepri 🙂 Puppies are important – time off for them is allowed! Show & tell some more on the build.  I tried freeze-framing the video in a couple of places to get a better view on the guitar…   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»

@swepri Rattle can lacquer and buffed it with Meguiras car wax

Posted by: @swepri The fretboard is rosewood. I am planning to do a semi-hollowbody, loosely based on the Bandsman shape. The first build turned out very heavy, so why not try a variation with a thin top and some routing?…   Read more»

Posted by: @swepri
Man, you made me go straight out to the workshop and thickness/plane a new fretboard blank!

@swepri That’s what I’m here for. 😆 
What wood is it? 
What build are you planning?

Posted by: @swepri I think I will have to start a new build soon. Hard to resist when seeing other builds.. @swepri Yeah, go for it. I have chosen to make building guitars part of my life, I’m always doing…   Read more»

Posted by: @swepri
Beautiful guitar. And that is the right kind of case candy!

@swerpri Thanks, the case candy definitely adds to the appeal, it’s essential. 👍

@swepri Yes! Well done sir! It looks amazing and don’t worry about mistakes made, we all do ‘em. 👍

@swepri Yes the files I find make a difference but the major difference us how your hands and eyes apply the tool to shape. I use the same files as yours and I’ve busted nuts plenty of times. I find…   Read more»

@swepri Just love seeing a newly built Bandsman. Well done!

Posted by: @swepri
It sounds like a guitar and it look lika a guitar

In that case, it’s a guitar! And it looks amazing! Fantastic job.
Darren

Posted by: @swepri I will invent a few new mistakes There’s no such thing! We’ve all made them all before so you will have to be VERY creative to come up with an original, but please don’t take this as…   Read more»

Nice work @swepri. 
🙂🎶🎸🙏

Posted by: @swepri
It sounds like a guitar and it look lika a guitar.

Chances are real that it IS a guitar then 🙂 Nice work @swepri! up to the next one 😊 

@swepri that looks fantastic.  We’ll done. 🙂

@swepri There was  some mistakes, some lessons learned, and a lot of fun. It sounds like a guitar and it look lika a guitar.  Looking good. The trick on your next build is not to repeat the mistakes. But it…   Read more»

Posted by: @swepri Welcome! I’m relatively new to this forum too, but have already got great answers to my newbie questions (building my first guitar right now). Mark’s clear and logical process for building, paired with this forum makes the…   Read more»

Posted by: @swepri Welcome! I’m relatively new to this forum too, but have already got great answers to my newbie questions (building my first guitar right now). Mark’s clear and logical process for building, paired with this forum makes the…   Read more»

Posted by: @darrenking Posted by: @swepri while testing if it is sharp enough To be a bit more positive, if you didn’t feel the cut, then you must have done a good job of sharpening it! Of course, the traditional…   Read more»