@mattbeels irritatingly i didn’t consider the radius of the bridge despite ensuring the fretboard radius was what I wanted. I’d presumed that the saddle height on all bridges was adjustable. I’ll have to have a closer look at it tomorrow…   Read more»

Hah, yeah I thought mentioning the scale length was somewhat irrelevant afterward. I think they’d be bang on if I’d gone with a 54mm bridge, anyway, given it’s not something I’d paid the slightest attention to up to this point…   Read more»

@tv101 I honestly thought I’d looked on axetec as I was looking to get pickups from there!! Clearly didn’t look very well! Does remind me though that I need to decide on pups!!!

I’m not a fan of bits of cheap black plastic appearing *anywhere* on a guitar!  We spend ages crafting beautiful pieces of timber into precise shapes, finishing them with love and care … and then stick 50p bits of plastic…   Read more»

Thanks guys, I think unless I decide to make the body a lot thinner I’ll leave the custom bit for now. From memory I think the blank I’ve ordered is about 45mm so unlikely to take it down this time.@darrenking…   Read more»

When people talk about hobby lathe it’s usually something quite big but just not very good quality. @rocknroller912 Where as this is quite small and also not very good quality 🤔 To be fair used for its intended purpose it…   Read more»