Posted by: @wolframmalukker I have hunted up a flatsawn hard maple board, 2+ inches thick, 5" wide, and 7feet long. What I don't use for a neck, I'll glue up into a second body blank. Once the templa...

@wolframmalukker Welcome to the forum! Sounds like you're very well-equipped. Have fun with your build!

@wayne_f awesome! thanks for the vid

Also, if you watch closely, you might catch a slight mechanical mishap with a piece of equipment (which I forgot to edit out. oops)

To clarify, I bought (from StewMac) medium/high fret wire as opposed to medium/medium. This means that not only is the crown higher but also the tang is longer.

Posted by: @rocknroller912 Interesting point you made about paint being too wet and causing problems. Could this happened with a spray can if it’s not been shaken enough and the solvent/paint mix is ...

@boo Love the video. You can always rely on a Aussie to tell it like it is. Interesting point you made about paint being too wet and causing problems. Could this happened with a spray can if it’s not ...

Posted by: @rocknroller912 I don’t feel so bad now I know that even professional painters get crazy paving sometimes. It happened to me during the summer when I was giving my lathe a re spray. Had to...

Posted by: @bpower Very interesting. I'm not a painter but want to eventually do this sort of thing. I didn't even know this could happen. It is unfortunate but very helpful for someone like me to s...

@boo I don’t feel so bad now I know that even professional painters get crazy paving sometimes. It happened to me during the summer when I was giving my lathe a re spray. Had to rub it all down and st...

Very interesting. I'm not a painter but want to eventually do this sort of thing. I didn't even know this could happen. It is unfortunate but very helpful for someone like me to see and to see the pr...

@boo FRYUP**Bacon and eggs with your fryup sir? Thats a bit of a setback, I'm sorry to see that. It happened to me on my first build, lacquering over my waterslide decals, "fry up" is the perfect de...

Posted by: @robin Is that you using an aerosol can, just like us amateurs do. @robin It’s not done me much good in this situation though. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: @robin Is that you using an aerosol can, just like us amateurs do. @robin It is, even the pros use rattle cans in certain situations. 😉👍

**FRYUP** 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Bacon and eggs with your fryup sir? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Even with the isolation paint the existing paint really doesn’t like this prime...

@boo Is that you using an aerosol can, just like us amateurs do.

Here’s one for ya! I put some isolator paint over this repair as I thought I would try some different primer and could get a paint reaction. Quite a horrible mustard colour isn’t it? Attachment :...

Posted by: @mattbeels Congratulations @russ! Sounds like you’re getting a handle on the storage, now get to building! Looking forward to seeing it come together… Thank you @mattbeels. The ball is d...

Posted by: @rocknroller912 The part most likely to rust is the Chuck, so you can rub some candle wax on the outside and into any screw heads. Thanks again @rocknroller912. Another great tip. dz...

Posted by: @tej One thing worth doing is to figure out which tools you use often and mount them to a board on the wall. Cheers @tej. I think I'll do just that. 🙂🙏🎸🎶