My favourite song today:

I decided to tackle the first oak top carve top I did, fret markers were wonky and I didn't think they looked particularly good. Also the body could've been sanded better. I'd already stripped it to u...

@koendb Right, quick run down. You should buy the compressor with biggest tank you can afford and with the highest CFM (cubic feet per minute) rating. Also, stay clear of HVLP spray guns if you are b...

I knew I was doing something wrong, no matter how much black paint I was spraying, I always ended up with a clear guitar body. and the weird thing is.. After a day painting, I always ended up with bla...

Ah I did buy these quick release thingies for my little compressor, it is super handy, I dont understand why they dont add these as a standard 🙂

@koendb @boo Umhhh, you might need to chime in on this. We need your advice. I am about to pull the trigger on spray guns real soon as well.

now, that made me laugh. Many thanks for that. Having said that, the Americans in the Large Scale Plane forum do tend to say they stick a fork in their kit at the end of the work. I rather put it i...

@peter-c-f In which case would I need to lubricate? nail guns and such? Anyway, yes only spray paint and maybe just air to clean out something, but I believe most of the ( cheaper ) compressors alread...

@russ home stretch

All coming together nicely @clinton. 🙏🎸🎶🙂

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Another delay in fitting the hardware, can't find it. Searched the shed, house, garage and car last night, its not at home. Its got to be in the caravan somewhere, thats me back in limbo again.

@tv101 We could all send our spare parts up to you to fit? You could make a 4 pickup, 5-string guitar with 1 volume and 3 tone pots and 2 bridges That would be very kind, but I'll just bide my time...

on the body I carved in another curve on the right side, also the replacement tuner has arrived today, thanks to northwest guitars for the great customer service, I'd highly recommend them. Attachm...

@swepri "Smooth, faultless build". That must surely be utopic... 😉 I'm not convinced that its even possible.

Today I celebrated my 66th birthday by working on the frets. Rounded the edges, leveled, recrowned and polished the frets. Attachment : image.png Attachment : image.png And then put in ...

Coming along nicely @marcel. 🎸🙂🙏🎶

Knocked in the frets today. It's starting to look like a neck now, Attachment : image.png Attachment : image.png

Yesterday I started with profiling the neck. And I made a mistake. I went a bit too deep near the headstock and made a tiny hole above the nut of the truss rod. And after calling out some not so nice ...

I wasn't happy with the router pattern for the neck pocket, it was a bit to wide. So I glued in a veneer and made a new one. Attachment : image.png Attachment : image.png I have rounded...