Twang! Awesome.Can you tell me what you think of these grubby black marks on the lacewood sides? Seems to be part of the wood, but looks like it’s been down’t’pit.  

Thanks for pics. Go Bailey progeny!Can you tell me how your neck angle turned out? Mine was frustrating. 

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Flushed maple binding. I’m so pleased with my home made router holder- I recommend this massive saving to any budgeters out there 🙂

Now… this bridge blank is 10,55mm thick. It just nips the square…[Read more]

1- I’m redoing my barrel nut holes with some plugs to get a better aligned anchor for the bolts. Made a wee jig to hold the neck in the drill press for these scary 10mm holes. Will re-assess bridge clearance…   Read more»

How funny. remember when I showed up for my BYO number 4 in 2005, and wanted a Macaferri…. you were like… nah man that’s not how we make an acoustic flattop bridge.IRONY

There is this horrible feeling of quickly devaluing the worth of one’s bit of wood with every ever-escalating disaster potential. I don’t like it!I have made a f*ck*ng pig’s ear of getting my neck bolted on yesterday… you make it…   Read more»

Binding on.You can see on the side profile picture that the heel block to soundboard angle is slightly back set.Guess somewhere between gluing the heel and arching the X-braces, I let the ball slip 🙁

I think I should prioritise getting the neck and soundboard flat, given that my fingerboard is only 5.55mm thick.Nothing I have done with sanding the upper bout area on the soundboard has affected the bridge clearance- getting a reading under…   Read more»

That’s a funny one! How did that get past the design stage?Cutaway fingerboard… a world first!

No confusion Master- just hard reality of shapes!Heel block was glued square to soundboard on flat workboard, using cam clamps.I have the appropriate step in the soundboard, and a good gentle arch in top.It is all as is intended right…   Read more»

Crappy digital technology I’m afraid.This 2mm clearance- I would say- is not physically achievable, in the land of material science! The soundboard arching will always be in the way.Leaving a bigger step at the body-neck junction just causes the bridge…   Read more»

Trimmed mortice slot

R O S E L I N E 

Trimming the plates on the recycled upside down manual drill press.I needed a router collet extension to reach low enough on my jig.

Craddle for assembled body fixed with steel holdfasts to bench.Routed tailpiece channel

Roped up, Heal block gap closed as best as possible. Wish I’d left a bit more sticking up, as I couldn’t sand all of it.

I guess this red transformation is due to the hide glue on the X-brace, impregnating the PVA…   Read more»

Final assembly

TITAN to the rescue! How do they do it?

That took bloomin’ ages! So much longer than I remember with my maple sides from the B.Y.O. number 4.Was at it for almost three hours, with the iron sizzling. The waist is so difficult to persuade round the bend.