@tej It must be bad if you don’t want to show it. Scraping is sometimes better than sanding to remove a failed finish as sanding can just rub it further into the grain. I’ve been there so learned the ...

Sadly what I created was a mess @rocknroller912 I know what you’re getting at but that’s really not what it’d have come out like and is about as far away from what I wanted as you can get. No matter, ...

@tej Its difficult to comment without seeing a photo but not all instrument finishes are designed to be even all the way over, and stain often looks bad until the final finish coat. Sounds like you h...

@robin I had done, it just looked a mess, really uneven texture and colour. Just need to suck it up and start again.

, while sanding down the filler I caught the edges too much and took all the colour off them. Couldn’t get it back the same as the rest so literally need to sand everything back now I feel your pain ...

Well this is al getting rather infuriating, finish was going well until I added grain filler, it’s now a total mess, while sanding down the filler I caught the edges too much and took all the colour o...

Apologies to all for radio silence, not a lot to post about while I’m applying coat after coat of finishy coloury gloop, it’s all just more green than it used to be 🙂 As for the headstock logo...

A few minor scratches to get out now, then deciding when to drill the bridge holes. Also need to focus a bit of time shaping the tips of the horns as they’re a bit sloppy. Attachment : 90BE98F8-4E...

@robin thanks, I’ve made both horns a bit thinner now too so the lower one doesn’t block things, it’s a little annoying still but overall I’m not going to spend “that” much time at the 24th anyway! Wi...

@tej Your carving is looking good. As for removing fingers, I've tried it and wouldn't recommend it.

@koendb I always wear a strap with the guitar quite high so I can have the neck at a high angle so there’s no strain on my wrist. On the rare occasion I don’t use a strap I’ll have it one my left leg ...

@tej I have the same issue with one of my builds. the cutaway should be a lot lower. It is also difficult to balance on my lap because of the weird curve at the bottom of the lower horn. It looks lik...

You could almost be fooled into thing this Is going to be a guitar. I’ve got a small design flaw on my part, the lower horn, despite taking more of the thickness out is still in the way at the last fe...

@robin turns out that I needed very little in terms of carving for the belly and wrist carves so they’re both quite slight. In might need to carve the lower horn out a little more to allow better acce...

That is looking good @tej! you got it under control 👍

Coming along nicely @tej 👍😁 🎶🎸🙂🙏

More routing and rounding, also have the holes for the wiring, socket and strap pins done (no pic of that bit!) Onto carving next, happy days. 🙂 Attachment : 7CB47523-BFA6-4DF5-9B80-B0E300...

RoutyMcRouterson Attachment : 1631994A-73E4-4F08-B6E9-63BD10E052AC.jpeg Attachment : 65407720-C8A8-4CE4-BE08-0C5EEBD2AFC9.jpeg I use a bit from radian tools, really not impressed with th...

@rocknroller912 Absolutely, I think a lot of what I’ve done will be used again though 🙂 At least it will if I have my way 😬 The effort for most jobs done well goes into the preparation...

@tej Its always difficult making a one off design because a lot of time is spent refining the process then it’s never used again.