Hi TV, Actually not that nice if you look closely! It has significant worm damage down one side OK - it's a lovely flat piece of Ash .... firewood then. Or it goes in the big box of "that'll come in ...

@tej Pulley would be a better idea for safety

@tej There are several sources for nut slotting files and if you’re going to build a guitar(s) you’ll have to adjust the nut. The set from Hosco is high quality and will work for 8’s, through 11’s. Yo...

The cheaper ones I’ve found weren’t really that much cheaper than the best ones, and the alternatives like using welding cleaning files tend to suck at nut slotting Yup, that’s true.

@mattbeels Someone must be playing them, they keep making them. I imagine their biggest seller is probably the T5 though, which is more of a hybrid, and has a rather natty looking narrow pickup,

@tej unfortunately there’s not really that much choice in the world of nut slotting files from what I’ve seen. The cheaper ones I’ve found weren’t really that much cheaper than the best ones, and the ...

Part of it as I recall was that the neck was a 12 inch radius, but the strings were given a 15 inch radius at the bridge. @jonhodgson A customer told me about that article but I never read it. Furthe...

When you’re talking about actions and fretwork you’re in the realm where a few 100ths of a mm can make a difference. This is what it comes down to. I know that the difference between the two are bas...

@Tej, I think it was in a copy of Guitarist magazine that I browsed in the shop, I don’t know if it was ever published electronically

@tv101 I watched a utube video on this last year, think it might have been Texas Toast Guitars where he radiused a fretboard then put a different curve template over it. A sheet of paper wouldn’t go u...

@rocknroller912 When you’re talking about actions and fretwork you’re in the realm where a few 100ths of a mm can make a difference.

@jonhodgson Thanks I’m not a electric player although I’ve re fretted a few.

You'd deepen both E strings the most, then the A & B strings a little less, and leave the D & G slots alone. @tej @tv101 It all comes down to the player in the end and how sensitive you are...

@mattbeels, I recall an article on Taylor electrics, and then man from Taylor was talking about what they considered to be the best setup, which was what they did at the factory. Part of it as I recal...

With apologies for my poor mouse control (and hence the extra 0.043mm on the lateral dimension!), here's a blow up of the black dot that you see at the top of the first image, just to the left of cent...

what are you going to make from that nice flat piece of Ash? Hi TV, Actually not that nice if you look closely! It has significant worm damage down one side so I would need to find another piece to m...

The edit function really needs fixing!! Rumour is that reads your sub-conscious and types what you're thinking ...

@tv101 Thanks for filling in the blanks on black plastic, I thought there would be a longer story.

so much more of the sound depends on what you plug it into Totally agree. Most famous players have their sound, doesn't matter what pickups are on what guitar, through which amp, they still sound lik...

So, now what are you going to make from that nice flat piece of Ash?