@markbailey, @rocknroller912,@tv,@russ,@boo,@koendb The Resonator project is on hold for now...as is my electric guitar build...but, when i return to the Resonator project i hope to do a neck reset......

Attachment : F3DE94DF-EBA8-4228-AE25-F64F1D5C6610.jpeg Attachment : FBAB3660-F1B7-4C43-8BA1-C3D3058F5EDF.jpeg And the body is pretty much done and ready to fit the neck. Couple of little it...

I sanded the whole guitar back and applied more thinned down polyurethane, couple of coats. Now I'll wait a day or two and apply the microcrystaline wax then assemble. The first coats of poly helped f...

I've either clamped the body to my drill press table, did the 12mm hole then a bowl and dish to make a recess. The most recent I went straight in with a forstner bit in the hand drill to make the rece...

@rathius Well, I'm glad that my idea was useful to someone. Have you made yours yet? It's been months since I last logged on here. I hope that large router bit didn't give you any trouble.

Due to some other obligations, I haven't made it as far as I'd like to by now. I did get the top jointed and glued, and lightly sanded, but not thicknessed to what I want it to be yet. I did get the b...

Well. I got my bridge holes all sorted, sanded the body to 320 and now put the first coat of finish on the top, amber tinted polyurethane thinned down. Next I'll do the whole thing with just the poly,...

@clinton Thanks this is useful, I thought that shaping the veneer before gluing would be needed and didn’t think of a heat gun. @jamesbisset looks like this method works

@rocknroller912 best solution I feel would be a vacuum press for sure. In the past and I did it only once and came out satisfactory. With more thought if I should do it again might work really well. ...

@clinton Thanks there is some discussion at the moment about using veneer and finding a method that works, so I thought you might have the secret

@rocknroller912 Maple carve top

@clinton Looks very professional, is the top carved from solid wood or veneers glued together.

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Ooooh my first set neck is now glued and clamped! Better look up proper bridge position for a TOM next so I can get the post holes all drilled once the glue has set. Sure it was something like scale p...

Right, fretwork and markers all sorted. Now it's close to gluing in the neck. First I'll clamp it and check I have the height for the bridge though, then glue. Went slightly deep on the fret slots b...

@robin definitely buddy, I don't freak out as much now, just think of a possible solution and get on with it

@nsj I love the way I handle mistakes these days rather than freak out. It's from making loads previously Thats a good fix. I'm sure that I learn a lot more from fixing mistakes than I do from gett...

@swepri it's a bit nervy but I just followed Marks vid and it came out great! Gave me a right buzz! I've got a stack of ebony boards, takes a right bloody whack to get the frets seated sometimes lol

Well today was different, I was doing my recessed controls but tried to be a bit clever and paid the price lol The bit caught the wood and had a munch Attachment : VideoCapture_20230315-183046...

Ooh nice, when watching Mark doing the carve he only marked about a 1/4 inch, 6mm or so so don't need it to thick. I'd imagine walnut would be nice to carve too. Also I can say that it's very satisfyi...