Crafty design work @robin! A question … I wonder how the f-holes being out of alignment (and is one smaller than the other?) will look on the finished guitar.  If you’ve moved the lower one just to position it over…   Read more»

PS
If you’re planning on using the Freeway switch, make sure you get 4-wire HBs.  That way you can wire the different tap/phase options.  If you get standard 2-wire pickups, most of the freeway positions won’t be used!

I already have a Mexican Tele, which I love to bits, so I would like this guitar to sound, or have the ability to sound, different. I have got to have one of the the 6 position Freeway switches (thanks…   Read more»

Posted by: @steveadams to be honest I didn’t consider the tang width thinking they would all be pretty standard. But as you can see from the other pic  it has a tang width of .7mm which will not fit in…   Read more»

Similarly, “grain gravy” is a new one on me, but it’s probably just an Americanism. I *am* familiar with the wet sanding technique.  You sand with oil, rather than with more normal dry sanding paper.  That creates a slurry of…   Read more»

I’ve heard Cherry is a good tone wood. I’ve used Cherry on a build (or two, quite possibly) and think I’ve still got the remains of a plank somewhere. It ages really nicely.  The grain and colours seem to pop…   Read more»

I love carving my own necks I still get a buzz when carving a neck It was one of the great parts of the build courses.  Start with a square piece of timber and a rasp …. and then a…   Read more»

Great photo diary @tv1010101

Cheers @david-johnson09
 
I’ve got one more left to share.
 
And then, of course, there’ll be another one for the 335 course build
😉

Hello Edwin @e-den-hertog!
It was a great week 🙂
But then they’ve all been great weeks – I think it’s one of Mark’s laws!
I remember your Tele too – there was some beautifully detailed work on that.  How’s it sounding today?