@robin I think it would get worse with thicker strings, needing longer free length. Maybe a bridge with a little more adjustment range could fix it? If you have another A string, you could try that fi...

That top looks great! As @tv101 said, amazing speed in your workshop. 🙂

Good! Getting started is the hard part. 🙂

That is a nice looking guitar!

@poco7 You are going for a classic body shape so I'm sure it will be a great looking guitar. My guitar is not strictly a hollow body, it is mostly weight relief, but why not include a f-hole anyway? ...

@nsj Staining is a challenge but you did a good job of it. Nice color tone and fairly even. Watch out for cure times when applying oil later. Be patient so you don't end up with a sticky mess. (Don't...

@poco7 Here is a picture of my builds. The one on the left was built first and the other one was completed just a few weeks ago. Both of them had some minor mishaps during the process, but that's how ...

@poco7 I am a newbie in guitarbuilding. I have built two electric guitars the last year, guided by Marks courses. I worked in IT for the last 25 years and retired (early) recently after a reorganisat...

@poco7 Thank you! One more fun project to put on my bucket list.

Just a thought, what would happen if you took a thicker piece (maybe 10 mm), routed it in all the way until it meets the bottom of the neck and then start over with thicknessing from the back? And the...

Yes you are right. I didn't look close enough. A bit trickier to get a good fit against the volute area, then.

Clever idea to convert a cheap guitar. 👍 Where did you get the resonator parts from?

Bummer! If I should do it: Let the veneer go all the way to the end of the fretboard and make the groove for the nut later. I would roughly make a cut out for the truss rod adjustment before gluing it...

As @nsj say, regular length shafts should be ok. The threaded part of a normal pickup switch is probably about the same length as well. Check the thickness around the holes regularly while routing the...

Newbie answer here. I would leave it for a couple of days to see where it settles. If it gets worse, then the decision would be easy. The string pressure will pull it a tiny bit straighter and maybe t...

That looks great!

It is annoying for us living outside UK too. I used to shop some tools and stuff, even the odd guitar, from UK. But not that much anymore.

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 commented it.

@pompei Welcome. I think you nailed it in the quote below. 😉 But at least guitars are fun to build and work on.

Welcome @brie I joined as a member about a year ago and have built a couple of electric guitars with the help of the course and great answers in this forum. I am sure you will enjoy the experience.