I've had some more thoughts ... I'm (probably) going to inlay a thin walnut strip from the jack socket towards the lower knob position, sort of hinting that the walnut tube you see at the jack socke...

I too made one after watching one of Mark's videos. The extended base makes the router so much more stable. I'm a lot happier using it in areas where previously it might have tipped over and gouged a...

Thanks @Robin - it is 25mm as it happens, but look what I did make this morning... Attachment : 20221023_122558.jpg Attachment : 20221023_122616sml.jpg Black walnut - so should contras...

Posted by: @koendb Ah man that sucks! You mean you don't like my special design feature??? 😆

Posted by: @russ It is a bit of an 😱 moment but it's good that it's f**ked up nice and evenly. I think it will be quite a neat feature when you get it sorted @tv101. 🎸🙂
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@frocesterbill Now it’s a proper guitar! The black looks fine to my eyes, but beauty, etc!

Ok ... I'm now calmer and have stopped swearing. Can't hide it, so it's going to be a feature. Attachment : 20221022_182041sml.jpg One of those will fit in the jack socket hole. The top will ...

Attachment : 20221022_170555sml.jpg I swore. Quite loudly. And repeatedly. Naughty words. Best rescue that I've thought of so far is to make some sort of extended jack socket cover that folds ov...

On my other build thread - - things were going fairly well. I had a spare half-hour, so thought I'd nip out to the workshop quickly and do the roundover on the top (to create a natural binding edge) ...

I've generally avoided the "Now!" compilation series, but ... Attachment : image.png This recently arrived, with a few others. It's the soundtrack to my teenage years. School, girls, dismissi...

Posted by: @frocesterbill The ‘not f hole’ was inspired by one from a Rickenbacker - but the other way round…. And is much better design as far as I'm concerned! I still don't think that the vintage...

I've also been testing out the Liberon Easy French Polish. I'd not used anything like this before, so I thought I'd better test it out on some scrap before deciding whether or not to use it on this g...

The stain on the back / sides has now built up nicely. I rubbed back - lightly - after the first coat and then added a couple more coats on the back. Attachment : 20221022_092212sml.jpg Atta...

I’ve got to make myself a hollowed out Bandsman. Nice @frocesterbill

Less haste, etc. I spotted a blemish in the side of the guitar, so got the sanding bits out again to remove it. And the finish obvs. Then tried to build the finish back up too quickly, so ended up wi...

Posted by: @russ Posted by: @tv101 If you look at 3:26 - guy in the background in the pink t-shirt. Looks like George Best! It was George Best @tv101. 😁 🙏🎶🎸...

It's Thursday. It's 8.30 ish.

@frocesterbill Sexeeeee!!

Posted by: @koendb Woohoo everything lines up perfectly. That was lucky! 😉 nice work Koen

The wandering drill bit is always a risk, so anything that reduces that risk has to be a good thing 👍 My main worry tends to be drilling the hole for the neck pickup wire through to the bri...