Hi John, How many guitars have you got on the go at one time. All looks very impressive. Cheers, Russ ? ?

Here is another Barncaster with a bit of resin and charred with fire. Shou sugi ban. Attachment : AF8B072C-D7E1-4939-8542-CB0000F943B4.jpeg Attachment : F7A20715-A742-4E66-9A02-6B69CCA6ED8...

Sanded it back, applied some stains and finished with many coats of Tru Oil. Attachment : EF22BE0E-09F5-49CA-9D5D-33194A9C8736.jpeg Attachment : EF005ABC-C766-45A5-9DDF-42480F6D17B3.jpeg ...

What was a Gibson master craftsman doing at Tonetech's shop??? It’s complicated. Suffice to say, in the end I removed to the south west of Scotland. Least said, soonest mended.

I’m taking a brief respite to build the Mighty Bench of Bodge! I have the tools. I have the bench. Now will someone bring me a neck blank!

Don’t spoil the surprise @robin I always get a little giddy when putting in the finishing oil and watch the wood just pop...I think it’s gonna look really nice.

@rocknroller912 Alder is used in River/Stream bank revetment as it endures well once submerged

@rocknroller912 Just as you said, the keruing is very hard to glue, I had left a couple pieces glued and clamped for 24 hours, they just knocked apart with wee tap of a hammer this morning. Also, i...

@rocknroller912 Thanks for that information, that's just what I needed to know to stop me doing something stupid. This particular piece came from where I used to work before retiring. It's used for t...

Whoa! A guitar fretboard that makes your fingers go septic! Awesome! Sounds like the kind of present that V. Putin might give to someone!

Keruing is a species of tropical type hard wood which is impervious to rot because of its oily content. It's used in outdoor applications where there are extremes of climate and rough wear eg the mili...

@tv1010101 Keruing is maybe just a general name for various species, I might as well give it try, somebody has to be the first. At the very least I can use this trail to make and delvelop the jigs ...

@darrenking Thanks for the advice Darren, I'll certainly check the grain. All I know so far is that it's 144x33.5x1880mm, so I should get something useful out of that.

@robin Check the direction of the grain as you want the neck to be a close to quarter cut as possible ie the running perpendicular to the fret board. If your plank has the grain running across the boa...

Posted by: @ @darrenking I think they sound good and perfectly serviceable. Everything is worth challenging and softwoods may not be quite as good as hardwoods, they are perfectly acceptable for the...

@tv1010101 I'll give it a go and time will tell. It'll be a couple of weeks before I can go to collect the mahogany, I should be ready to start the neck by that time.

A freind has offered me a piece of mahogany that has been laying in his farm workshop for 15 years. He reckons I could get four necks out of it. It's only 33mm thick, so probably a scarf joint for the...

@johnnierox-boo I’m curious as to how the softwood body affects the sound of the guitar. Traditional teaching would suggest that it may not be that great but who cares? What are they like in real life...

@robin Yes I’ve had that problem before, I bought a much bigger piece of Perspex to solve the problem. I look forward to seeing how this project of yours turns out, I love reusing/repurposing wood (or...

@johnnierox-boo Thanks John, my router was falling into the cavity doing the larger bit, I'll need to make a wider router base plate soon.