I shaped the soundboard seam diamonds today and glued them in. I also put them along the repaired crack in the soundboard, it might affect the sound qualities, but I doubt if I'll notice it. Attach...

Yes - I use air assist, but more to stop any smoke fogging up the laser glass and having to clean it all the time. If you're doing multiple passes then a z-axis control can be useful as this moves th...

@musicjohnmcculloch-net I should be able to do it in 4 passes seeing as my module is 12 watt I believe lol Are using air assist?

Happy new year, folks! As I've bored you with the earlier parts, I may as well show the final product 🤷 Fully shielded and finished off with a bone nut, gotoh tuners and a set of Seymour Dunca...

If it's useful, here are my Lightburn settings for 5mm black plexi/acrylic: Attachment : image.png I'm planning on using this method to create fret spacing templates as well. Best of luck Joh...

I've not had fantastic success with cutting mdf or ply with my blue diode laser (Neje E80 24W optical power), though 5mm walnut is a breeze and 5mm or 8mm black plexi cuts really well. For thicker te...

@swerpi, what wattage is your laser? It seems birch ply is a preferred material for cutting too, mdf is apparently to dense. A bit of air assist and multiple passes should work. My thinking is to mayb...

Love this, thanks @robin!

@liebe Hi Dan, you're approach of making routing jigs for the mortice, tenon and for the angle is definitely the way to go. Having said that, I'm getting close to doing the tenon on the acoustic neck...

Thanks @robin for taking the time to pull that all together, it appreciated. Seeing some of the steps undertaken had fleshed out my thoughts. I think your confirming what I'd initially thought, in tha...

@liebe Its been a couple years since I made this, I did have all posted on Robin's build #003, but unfortunately I managed to delete it somehow. I reposted it but that particular part of the build is...

@robin that's exactly what I'm on about! Thank god someone understood me! I'm drawing up a design that's kinda SG thin, so want a way of attaching the neck while keeping the body thin. Can I ask how y...

@liebe Is this the type of neck joint you're talking about? Attachment : 20211108_173617.jpg Attachment : 20211103_175452.jpg

Hey folks, happy new year! I'm looking for some advice, sorry if this has been posted on before. I'm assembling my second build and obviously planning my next (!). Has anyone made a hidden neck tenon...

@somethingnicer Welcome Chris. Enjoy the Ride. It'll be great to pick your brain on pickup winding somewhere down the line when I want to give it a go. 🎶🙂🎸🙏

@somethingnicer, welcome along! As the others have said, you'll enjoy mark's courses. They're something for everyone, no matter the skill level. Please do post on pickup winding, it's something I'm in...

@robin thanks! I’ll make another post on it when I wind next. I became obsessed with “demystifying” guitars and one of the big things is pickups. It’s surprisingly not that difficult (although there i...

Hi Chris, Welcome to the group, I’m sure you will enjoy the journey from slabs of wood to guitar but be warned, it is very addictive 🤪 I’ve not finished my first build yet but I’m already plan...

@somethingnicer Welcome to the group Chris, just follow Mark's courses and you'll experience the magic of building guitars from slabs of wood. I'm on my 4th one now, an acoustic this time, started wit...

greetings all! I just signed up and am lookin forward to this. I’ve built multiple partscasters and I’ve been winding my own pickups for over a year now. My goal is to build guitars from slabs of wood...