@tv101 Congrats on that Robin. Now you'll have to do an emergency dash back home to collect all the bits to be able to put it together. I sometimes wonder if the builds-that-go-wrong-but-are-rescue...

@robin Yeah, there is no reason why ply can’t be used, it’s stable if it’s good quality. It’s certainly not the best material to use for a guitar body but it just proves that it’s possible. In terms o...

@tv101 Yeah I know what you mean but you have to consider the depth of the neck pocket too. If the body was thinner, the neck would have to be thinner. Making the body thinner is reducing strength fro...

@tv101 @boo On my first venture in guitar assembling I bought a pile of bits from various places, amongst them was strat shaped body that was claimed to be a fender of some sorts and it is made from ...

Been thinking about the ply-guitar. IIRC, @robin had a problem with a body which he'd hollowed out, but the edge then split when he applied pressure to it. If hollowing out a solid piece of timber, y...

@boo Cheaper kramers were plywood with a veneer on the back and front. As for the weight, ply varies, can have a lot of air pockets unless it's really posh ply lol

I wonder what @markbailey thinks of this £hit?

@tv101 Yeah I know, I’m going insane without a proper workshop and not being able to give guitar making my full time work right now. I have to feed my addiction somehow though, I’m climbing the walls....

Madness .... 🤣 But aren't Danelectros made out of plywood and some other weird non-"tonewood" material? So perhaps not totally mad

Congrats on that Robin. Now you'll have to do an emergency dash back home to collect all the bits to be able to put it together. I sometimes wonder if the builds-that-go-wrong-but-are-rescued are mor...

I've applied a couple of coats of Danish Oil and tben polished it up with natural bee's wax, so its got all the finishing thats its getting now. It looks a bit rustic but I'm happy with it. I wish I'd...

Its been nearly 3 months since I've done anything to this build. But I've cleared a bit of shed space at the caravan and got some room to work. The clear space is only temporary though, my first grand...

@russ Splendid job! Awesome!

Cheers @tv101. 🙂🎶🙏🎸

Stunning work Russ - the detail, the precision and the woodworking skills. I noticed a few jigs and techniques in your very detailed write-up that I thought I'll probably adopt if I ever get the ner...

@tyreman Wow! Craftsman!

@boo @tv101 thankyou both!

Not another 12 string semi-hollow thru-neck Tele-esque build ... 😆 What a great build thread, and a few interesting design ideas that I might well pinch (sorry, "be inspired by") on a build ...

@tyreman I’ve somehow missed this until now. Nice work man, I’m loving it. I especially like the input socket bit, I’ve thought of doing that myself. Was it Charvel or someone like that that first did...

the new tuner should be coming early next week, the company I bought the tuners from are sending me a spare one so that's a good outcome.