@tyreman Nice! I love how you have the neck through to show through the end section on the top. I might use that idea in one of my future builds.

Thank you all for your comments. @tv101 @russ @koendb I will try to condense the build. I do keep pictures of the builds but there are a lot. I have sold all but the first acoustic guitar so far. No...

@tyreman Wow! Craftsman!

@tv101 Yeah I know, I’m going insane without a proper workshop and not being able to give guitar making my full time work right now. I have to feed my addiction somehow though, I’m climbing the walls....

Not another 12 string semi-hollow thru-neck Tele-esque build ... 😆 What a great build thread, and a few interesting design ideas that I might well pinch (sorry, "be inspired by") on a build ...

@tyreman I’ve somehow missed this until now. Nice work man, I’m loving it. I especially like the input socket bit, I’ve thought of doing that myself. Was it Charvel or someone like that that first did...

Glued and screwed! Attachment : IMG_20230731_154040.jpg Attachment : IMG_20230730_153721.jpg Attachment : IMG_20230730_152915.jpg Attachment : IMG_20230730_153709.jpg A...

@tyreman Try using a tap and dye set to recut the thread where you can access it, it might just get it to work.

OK, so not exactly *bored* of building guitars, but time for something a little different ... Attachment : 20230808_111842.jpg Attachment : 20230808_122639.jpg Can you see what it is...

That was where we started, a few days ago. Since when I've been busy, wielding a hot soldering iron (when I remember to switch it on) and inhaling those lovely solder fumes ... 1. Bare Chassis. A...

5. Now let's plug it in and wait for the bang. Attachment : 20230812_121138.jpg (there was no bang, so there's more to come ...) 6. In the absence of bangs, keep on with the right bits, rig...

8. The trickier bit. Wiring in the front panel controls. Doing this when the board is already full of components, and mounted in the chassis, means poking a soldering iron around in some fairly tig...

5w is plenty loud enough for my needs @clinton! The "Power" control dials that down to about 0.1w, with anything in between available at the turn of the dial. I already had a "clean" (ie Fenderish) 5...

@tyreman he's really sound too, very helpful.

Coming along very nicely @tyreman. It'll be very interesting to see how this prototype stands the test of time. 🎶🙂🎸🙏

Attachment : 20230815_170418.jpg Well, there's a funny thing. I switched it on (still no bang), the little light on the front shone brightly and the valves slowly built up a nice amber glow. Plu...

Bare knuckle pickups are really something else. Wow!

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Nice work @tyreman! That is going to be an awesome build 🙂

Once the sides and blocks were glued together I radiused the edges of the sides on the radius dishes. 28' for the edge to be glued to the soundboard.... Attachment : PXL_20221118_101450916.jpg ...