I should also point out that Darren had to clean the files up as they were, err a bit fooked! Plus he produced that third headstock template as well as the idea for it came after the files were done. ...

Looking good @koendb! How did you keep the cauls from slipping around on the body while gluing up? I forgot to include a photo of my headstock templates. I also had a Hamer style control cavity done. ...

Today I glued the body blanks. It is not 100% straight unfortunately, there is a slight level difference from back to front, but only about 0.5 mm or so. Oh well a little bit more sanding work later o...

Today, I had the opportunity to visit a guitar building friend. He recently acquired a jointer/planer and I had some wood that needed to be cut, planed and prepared for glueing. Very handy having fr...

Looking forward to seeing this one @koendb. 👍😁 🙏🎸🎶🙂

Nice @koendb! I’m a huge fan of the V and will be making some soon (hopefully!) I also really like dark fretboards so that would be my choice. crazyparts.de is a cool store, they are the right place f...

It does need to be an exact replica It does NOT need to be an exact replica! However, we DO need a working edit function here 😝

And It has begun! Attachment : Gibson-FlyingV-1958.jpg This is roughly where I want to go with this. It does need to be an exact replica, but I really want to catch that vibe. Attachment : ...

Being a tool junkie I bought a very nice carbide scraper burnisher from Workshop Heaven, but it seems you can use pretty much anything that's hard enough.

Hi @Rocknroller912 The key thing is not to sharpen it like a normal plane. Yes the steel will be softer that you may be used to but it needs to be, otherwise you would stand no chance of turning the e...

@darrenking Thanks for your comment. I’ve found the blade very difficult to sharpen even with a small roller jig and a diamond stone, so would be grateful for any professional tips that you can pass o...

Do you think I’ve got to many ? No such amount exists ... You have planned wisely to be able to meet future needs.

The best way to do sanding is to find somebody who enjoys it and give the job to them. This helps not only you and them but probably keeps society safer. Who knows what that sort of psychopath might g...

Superb @koendb and I’m glad you like sanding. It’s one of those painters jobs that you have to get used to and just accept the tediousness of it. It’s all in the prep work, that’s what makes a good fi...

Love the dots @boo. I'm sure you'll manage to sort out the radius. 🙂🙏🎶🎸

I’ve accidentally sanded one side of the fretboard too much. Don't you mean you've carefully crafted an ergonomic radius offset?

Nice work @Boo. It looks like there's more then enough meat on that fretboard no? I do like the yellow dots!

got it in my small lathe to shave a bit off. Dang @boo, that’s a lot of work for some dots but good job! Reminds me of that Ratt song, Lathe it Down. 😆😆😆 That’s a bummer abou...

It worked well apart from the fact that I got a little over zealous with my radius block and because I was concentrating on sanding the inlays so much, I’ve accidentally sanded one side of the fretboa...

I used CA glue and accelerator to instal them with. I then sanded them flush with the fretboard. Attachment : 6C893579-1B22-49EB-9EE2-DE73FC64C99B.jpeg Attachment : D1ABC061-DB3A-4576-BA37...