I'd be a little worried in that the neck has immediately shown such definite bow tendencies - suggests that it's not a very stable piece of wood, and that you might be forever tweaking the truss rod t...

Wow Koen. Wow!

Last week I finished the carving of the rosette, well the major part of it. Next up is gluing parchment and cutting the refined details for the rosette in the parchment. But that is for in a few weeks...

@swepri I can only apologise. If it was up to me, this would not be happening. Maybe one day, and if the UK can stay together, we will wake from this lunacy.

TIP: If you want Stewmac products without the import BS here in Europe, You can also buy from Madinter in Spain, they do carry most of Stewmac products.The Import duty is allready taken care of and no...

@kevin-turvey Try this place Attachment : 35696E98-2765-4A25-8304-6C6CA26A9CE5.png

I just realized that for the UK things are a bit different and you would need to pay duties anyway. So not a really good tip 🙂

@tv101 The barrels are not full of whisky, I never said that. 😆 However, I would still have the last laugh watching someone trying to get one of these barrels into the boot of their car. &#...

There you go - that was obviously the "decent, expensive brand" that I couldn't remember 🤣 (It's going to bug me now, until I *do* remember!!)

@swepri One can find an example on my very first build, where something moved during the glueup of the neck. 😊 I just made a rectangular recess around the bridge and nobody has really commen...

@nsj Just been watching your latest wee video Neil. I hope you don't take this the wrong way but I do love your unconventional ways of getting the job done. Ingenuity is a great skill to possess. Your...

@nsj Nice workaround 👍 I’ll check out your YT channel soon.

Well stage one is complete! I'll watch the next bit of Marks vid tonight then onto using the gouge. Attachment : 20230220_201930.jpg And of course here's the belly carve. (Although I think it...

Mate, I film everything and stick it on my youtube channel under NSJ Guitars! Everyone knows! 🤣

Don't tell anyone, and no-one will ever know 😉

Made a start on the carve top, just stopped for food because I'm fading lol Got to say though, I'm thoroughly enjoying myself filing away in my own little world! Attachment : 20230220_175602-01....

Mostly fettling today with a bit of routing thrown in. Had to use the pickup template raised to get over the neck. Then as I forgot to do a small channel in the side before gluing up I had to work out...

@nsj I’m liking the look of this build, great shape and having a Floyd in as well tops it. I do have something similar in the planning. You are a great addition to this group and I’ll keep my eye on ...

Did a bit of refining on the shape then got the floyd cavity sorted. Tomorrow it's onto pickups and control cavity and maybe start the carve Attachment : Smalled.jpg Attachment : Smalled2...

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