So, which shape shall I set the machine on cutting next? 😋 I do want to try a more extensively / noticeably carved top. This one is really more of a stretched or flattened round over rather...

Only if I fail to learn from my mistakes @Russ. So, quite probably 😆 😆

The last words @steveadams were "watch this space". I've been watching now for 6mths. After a few weeks, I admit I got a little bored, so then I watched everything else on YouTube (in another window,...

Somewhere I've got some single topE strings. Somewhere ... Attachment : 20230104_144703sml.jpg

@robin Having seen various embarrassing photos in which something unintended for the photo is caught in a reflection from something in the photo - you had me worried for a second there 😆 It's ...

A before & after comparison to show the effect of the finishing on this one; Attachment : 20230104_094017sml.jpg Attachment : 20230104_094029sml.jpg Now waiting for the rear string...

!! IT LIVES !! Attachment : 20230104_101743sml.jpg Got into the workshop bright and early this morning to get some work done. Just the outer strings in place at the moment - wanted to give t...

Waxed & buffed Attachment : 20230102_190653sml.jpg And first coat of the French polish on the back Attachment : 20230102_191248sml.jpg I think the back is a piece of bicolour Ash...

The wiring is now done, the passed the screwdriver-tap-on-the-pickups test for the magnetics. First time! 👍 (That doesn't always happen!) Went to attach the neck so I could string it up ...

I've got some piezo-equipped saddles there,to feed a Graphtech Ghost system. The wires from the saddles feed under the bridge pickup surround, via some grooves made in the base of the surround. You ca...

Somehow, the last couple of weeks (when I thought I'd get *loads* of workshop time!) have disappeared with little progress made on this build. So, a bit of a push before I have to go back to work (nex...

Thanks @bpower - nature is a wonderful thing!

This has had 3-4 coats of the Liberon Easy French Polish applied, and I used some 0000 wire wool to smooth it out this morning before applying what's - hopefully - going to be the final coat of the po...

Wow - I just watched the 20min video. What a huge amount of time and effort - and skills - you've put into that rebuild. Don't think I've seen someone disassemble, and then rework, an acoustic in tha...

I like a bit of mad professor experimentation! Particularly when i'm not in the room ...

Indeed - Happy New Year all, may it be healthy, happy, and full of sawdust making 🙂

Cheers @Russ - all carved by hand CNC - though I did draw them out by hand-controlled mouse!

That's an excellent piece of news @markbailey @cazdaz . Be *really* good to see you around a bit more next year. 🙂

What an excellent tool-choice. Looks like you'll manage to do a few frets at once with that. Why's Mark never done that in any of his videos ???? 🤣

Great work. Acoustic builds always seem more "skilled craftsman" to me compared to electrics - it's the main reason I've never tried one. So, congrats on that. The back wood looks pretty wow - that's...