This captcha thing is useless . Most of the times I have to try a few times before I can actually get one that succeeds, but now this morning , no matter what I try, they keep coming back. It is reall...

@tv101 Good to see another build underway. A nice warm-summer project (when you're not at the caravan!). I'm at the caravan now, but I've not been idle. Started to make the molds for forming the si...

@anisahsheikh Even experienced makers still find there are new things to learn

I am still a newbie learning to make guitars

@koendb Fantastic work, it’s great to see someone using hand tools and not doing everything by machine.

Impressive carving skills @koendb. Especially on the wee flower ends. 🙂🎸🎶🙏

Some pictures of the creation process of the bridge. We start off by shaping the piece of pearwood to the profile of this little part of the plan. Notice the small indent on the left side. We will nee...

@koendb Very impressive work. 👍 Looking forward to see the end result.

@koendb Very nice work Koen, you are becoming quite the craftsman. 🙌

Today I finished the little bridge, lots of knife carving 😊 The little flowers are 7x7mm , just to give an idea how small and finicky this bridge is I m sorry but the photos are not in chrono...

@koendb Proper good stuff mate. The real deal. Keep going man. 👍

Really nice work @koendb. 🎸🙂🎶🙏

this week I worked a bit on the back of the bridge (pear wood ) Attachment : 14DDC44D-FF56-4FF3-A0B8-7D94F54BB6CD.jpeg Attachment : E835A4DF-7BFA-4C32-B4D4-F4E5FEF12AC8.jpeg Attachme...

Got the holes drilled correctly this time and first thin coat of finish on, tomorrow I'll sand back taking out little marks that I missed before. Attachment : 20230406_142135.jpg Attachmen...

wow

Well neck is glued in, drilled the bridge holes today. For some reason I only used my blind spot when measuring for the tail piece and put it of to one side by 1 or 2mm lol. Anyway plugged now, I'll r...

Stage one of carving the top Attachment : 20230402_164749-01.jpeg And stage two Attachment : 20230402_183915-01.jpeg Now I just have to sand till my arms fall off! 🤣

@nsj I read on another forum that evo gold supply problems are due to the foundry which makes the metal not being able to source raw materials

@nsj awesome work !

Another busy day, did my belly and leg carve with handtools and then routed the pickup cavities Attachment : 20230401_174450-01.jpeg Attachment : 20230401_174411-01.jpeg Attachment ...