@chrishamilton welcome to this great community!

@chrishamilton. Welcome Chris. I'm sure you'll get some great advice from a few of the folks here. I'm busy trying to get up to speed on the guitar electronics just now. I can highly recommend getting...

Hi everyone, I'm Chris, a Build Your Own Electric Guitar maker from about 20 years ago... which is frightening to think that it was so long ago. I was chatting with Carol over email recently and she m...

Today I was able to sand back and get a look at how things were going, so far pretty good. Had to add a tiny bit more resin in a couple of spots but it's getting there. Attachment : 20230501_15372...

Ok I'm at a bit at a standstill while this stuff cures. Fret markers are the aluminium tubing again but filled with the epoxy, can't wait til it's cure and I can sand everything flush. Attachment :...

Sawed up the other piece of yew I had, got another nice top for another build, maybe carve this one Attachment : 20230426_164229-01.jpeg

That is definitely the face of an animal - horse-type. I can see the pointed ears, eyes and nostrils. As you posted that yesterday, I'm guessing the guitar is almost finished by now?? 😉

@tv101 no, I've hit a long boring process where you have to wait and wait and wait lol. I forgot it wasn't sealed on the back to, made a right mess on my table, thank god for actetone 🤣 ...

@swepri - because they only have four fingers? 😊

Great version of a Neil Young song

I'm back!! Took a while to clear up after all the wild parties, to recover from the celebratory events, and get back to the UK, but I think I can safely now say that I am young-no-more. Obviously not ...

BTW, it’s not a neck through just a smooth neck joint. I think you may have pointed me to Mark’s video showing how to do it. 😁

I normally hang them from a tuner hole. Hook them on a wire clothes hanger. I had made a stand to hang them from but I need to have it hanging higher than I have. The other alternative is to make a bo...

@rathius seen a jackson guitars reel on insta earlier, they use a wire hook through a tuner hole and hang the neck through up. When I did mine I stuck a cup hook in the rear strap button hole to ha...

Update on build #2. Shot the clear yesterday. I shoot 7 coats of water-based lacquer on each build. First 2 are light then the rest are heavier. Having a bit of an issue with overspray and I think tha...

Not done much today but got the headstock sorted and the locking nut fitted. Attachment : 20230424_171124-01.jpeg

Neck is now roughed out and done an initial radius of the fretboard, added a plate to the headstaock too, hopefully get that all shaped and to thickness in the next day or so. Attachment : 20230...

Coming along very nicely @koendb 🙏🙂🎶🎸

After some cleaning up on the heel and end blocks and adding an inwards curve ( approx 3 mm max depth ) towards the waist from the upper and lower bouts, to clear some space for the players hand and s...

Right, sorted the space for the spoke wheel and routed the end of the fretboard to to accomadate. Attachment : 20230420_175207.jpg And now the fretboard is glued and clamped and I got the t...