the new tuner should be coming early next week, the company I bought the tuners from are sending me a spare one so that's a good outcome.

I contacted sperzel so it looks like I might be able to get a single tuner either from them or a uk distributor, I simply couldn't resist stringing the guitar up today with some spare strings, it make...

also don't have access to tap and dye's but know a metal working guru who might be able to help.

@brie I would do that if I knew the exact size thread it is, I can't find any info on thread type or pitch e.t.c even though there's load of info on dimensions, I'm going to guess that's imperial with...

it's sort of finished now apart from testing it with strings, I found out one of the tuner threads also doesn't work which was annoying, now I need just a single tuner to replace it,still better to fi...

I carved the comfort carve and glued the fretboard on, using mark's clamping caul, it's just a piece of 4 x 2 with hardboard strips on the edges, hopefully you can see how nice the curves look on the ...

here's another update: - routed the pickup cavities -routed the back panel slot the top is very slightly off from the centreline not by much but enough to annoy me so for the real one I'll use screws ...

@nsj I've been thinking of buying a kit from him for a couple of years now, seems really good for the money.

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I've been busy! carved the f-hole and the shape on the top, drilled all the holes needed, including the ones inside, still a few jobs to do but it's getting close. Attachment : top done, almost fi...

hollowed it out, on the real one I'll do this first before gluing on the wings, it'd be much easier, it's now a lot lighter weight and sounds pretty good when you tap it. Attachment : body hollowe...

I made some templates/patterns today, for hollowing out the wings. Attachment : hollow body templates-1.jpg Attachment : hollow body templates-2.jpg Attachment : hollow body template...

perhaps you can help me decide? should I make a normal control cavity then rout out the top half of the left body wing, or should I hollow out the entire thing? I still want an access plate on the bac...

the wings are glued on now, in the meantime I'm going to make some routing templates out of MDF whilst this is curing whilst listening to winger and drinking red bull. Attachment : wings glued on-...

I finally carved the neck, it was very enjoyable, so theraputic! I mostly used a spokeshave and carving knife for the transitions volute and the heel, I'll do a bit more carving once it's glued toge...

the top is almost done, I used some hot hide glue to glue on a couple of extra pieces to extend the width, using a rub joint technique, I think carving the neck is going to be next, looking forward to...

Attachment : bookmatched top-1.jpg bookmatched pine top, just need to hand plane it to thickness.

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getting closer now Attachment : through neck proto-1.jpg Attachment : through neck proto-2.jpg Attachment : through neck proto-3.jpg Attachment : through neck proto-4.jpg ...

I patched in some wood to repair a bad rout on the other side of the neck, this should make more sense when I start shaping it later. Attachment : neck repair-2.jpg Attachment : neck repair...