@koendb @tej @russ Thanks for your kind wishes and thoughts, I'm sure Gina is going to fine after her treatment. Yes the grain filler is to try and get as smooth a surface as I can before lacquering...

In my experience with woodworking, the "v" that you file in the fret slot is there to make it so there are no "unsupported" grain if you need to remove the fret. The fact that the fret ends are pushed...

I’m yet to see or indeed hear any proof of anything like that from wood choice to construction techniques etc that make a human detectable difference to the amplified sound from the pickups. On the o...

so key question from your second build, what was the difference? Good question 🙂I did pay a lot more attention to details and used a slot depth gauge to make sure all the frets where slotted at the s...

@robin. Holding you and your wife in our thoughts Robin. 💛💛 🙏🎸🙂🎶

@Robin So sorry for your loss. We hope that the treatment is succesful and she recovers completely! Looking sweet!

Hi guys, I've not posted for a while, real life has got in the way and guitar build gone on the back burner. My wife was diagnosed with breast cancer a couple of months ago. She's now had surgery twic...

Great design @robin. I was looking to get straight strings but decided I needed to go for the 4-2 setup. 🙂🎸🎶🙏

@russ @deej The plan is for the strings to be straight up from the nut and parallel to each other. Time will tell, I want to lacquer the body before I press the bridge posts in, so it might be a whi...

A different look - I like it 👍🏻

Very neat @robin. 👍😁 🙏🎶🎸🙂

Thats the tuner holes lined up at last, all the butchery is hidden under the washers. Also reshaped the headstock a little to make the holes an equal distance from the edge and to give the D tuner kno...

Good god!... To be fair, @Deej, this is our job. We don't have w*rk to deal with, unlike some others ....

Yes @tv101 an echo... Good god!... Attachment : 60FAF067-3B7E-471C-AEF8-3F473DD80E37.jpeg

🙁 Boo @Boo Now I know why you boys have so many points...double posting 🤣

Must be very satisfying@robinwhen a repair job works well. @russ It definitely is satisfying. After cursing myself for stupid errors or accidents, I quite enjoy the "fixing things" aspect of guitar...

Must be very satisfying@robinwhen a repair job works well. @russ It definitely is satisfying. After cursing myself for stupid errors or accidents, I quite enjoy the "fixing things" aspect of guitar...

Yes @tv101 an echo...

Yes @tv101 an echo....

And now on to the next fix. Two of the tuner holes are out of line, so plugged and try again. Attachment : 20210407_162210.jpg