Hey @robin. When you did your practice build, can I ask how you got your body and neck blacks to the right size to work on? Hi @russ, depends what size you're referring to. The neck was a planed pl...

@robin Awesome! You did a very fine job on that Robin! Tip top, you can be proud of that!

My neck heel carving is done now, that took forever to get to a shape that I'm happy with. I had to take off a bit more than I had intended, due to my first saw cut going a tad too deep. Attachment...

Home stretch

I'll need to find Mark's carving video for a reminder on how to do that. @robin That’s a great fix with the neck pocket. I did the same thing, I routed the neck pocket before cutting out the body. I ...

Routed the body shape now, the temporary neck socket filler worked a treat. Just a couple of little dinks into side as I was routing round the horns, but they sanded out easily and there's another one...

Score in that grain pattern. Beautiful.

Wowza! @Robin That is looking really really good! Cannot wait to see that seamless neck joining. Sweeet!!

Looks great @robin! That‘s some nice work with the filler piece in the neck pocket!

Control cavity routed now and body shape cut, I'm impressed with how square the bandsaw can cut. I've wedged a temporary piece into the neck pocket to prevent me knocking lumps off when I route the bo...

Hi Peebee That looks great Robin, I like the offset inlays, very nice. Do you know why the neck pocket is tighter, did you do anything different? The inlays on my first build were small and central,...

That looks great Robin, I like the offset inlays, very nice. Do you know why the neck pocket is tighter, did you do anything different? Yep I just did that on the humbucker too, routed it to full dept...

Looking good there @robin, maple neck and suh-weet piece of ash 😉 Good job on that neck joint!

That's the humbucker sockets and neck pocket routed now. I also made the mistake of taking the humbucker sockets to their full depth before doing the neck pocket. I routed very carefully where there w...

Agreed.. that is a lovely grain pattern and some top carving. Looking good sir 😊

Looking good Robin

I have managed to heat my workshop - it is only 9’ x 7’ x 7’ - I have a 1500W oil filled radiator - the room stays above 55°F as long a the door stays shut..... The rest of the space isn’t heated all...

Another top tip, mask off your nice light coloured maple neck while handling razor sharp snipped fretwires with frozen fingers, it keeps the blood stains off. @robin My workshop isn’t heated either s...

@robin Looks like you got there in the end, nice one. Btw if you think those snipped frets are sharp, try some stainless steel... After cutting those you have to immediately file the ends cuz they are...

I've been putting fret wires in today, this has been the most awkward part of this build so far. The wire I bought wasn't pre bent, so I had to make roller. The roller I made wasn't great and as I had...