@usadave Mark has loads of vids under the live tab, not quite the same but tons of brilliant info in them. I use his neck carving method which takes a fraction of the time and also learnt how to do…   Read more»

@usadave That’s a beautiful build Dave, well done. 👍  Great advice from everyone commenting already. Nothing I can add to that really. The more you build, the more you get used to judging distances and adjustments. If it’s an unusual…   Read more»

@USADave show us the bridge and also what scale you’re planning.   For instance using a T.O.M type bridge with a 24.75 scale I find 630mm to be the sweet spot for the initial scale line then add 3mm for…   Read more»

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Thats a nice build, I can’t imagine selling any of mine.
Let us see a photo of your bridge and we’ll have a better idea of how to advise you.

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Nice work Dave.
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@usadave Great looking guitar. Well done!
 

@usadave You could spend ages messing about with it, using various methods but it’s not worth it for me. I would just start again with a new blank. Don’t throw this one out or burn it, you can use it for…   Read more»

@usadave Hi Dave, was the neck blank quarter sawn or slab cut? I agree that leaving it for a few days to see if it settles. If it doesn’t move from the position that it is in then try supporting…   Read more»

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Nice work Dave. I might try out your finish. Looking at just about every different way to finish a guitar. 
🙂🙏🎸🎶

@usadave Personally I think you should leave it and move on. Unless you replace the headstock veneer the repair will always be visible and that is probably worse than a tuner that’s slightly off. Plus you’ll see the repair on…   Read more»

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I can’t see anything wrong, which tuner is it.

That advice is almost too smart!
well said, thanks man!

@usadave No problem, I’m here to encourage happiness with guitars. 😁

How would one go about doing that? Dowel and redrill? Fill it with black epoxy? Don’t bother? @usadave Yeah, if you wanted to do it, just dowel it and redrill etc but personally I would leave it, get the guitar…   Read more»

Looking great @usadave that ebony veneer is going to look sweet…

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good looking job so far 

Nothing feels loose but I’m wondering if I blew it or should I just carry on?  @usadave It’s fine Dave, carry on, seat them as best you can and so long as they are not loose, they will be fine….   Read more»

@usadave Dont be too hard on yourself. You’re probably making a comparison with factory guitars which are mostly made on CNC machines these days and a hand built guitar is never going to achieve that level of accuracy. When I…   Read more»

@usadave You’ve got frets that are sitting .002”above the fretboard? Get out of here you bloody amateur!!! Haha, just kidding! Don’t sweat it man, you haven’t blown it. How do you even measure .002” anyway? Do you have feeler guages? …   Read more»

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ahh I misread! You wrote fret slots and I was thinking inlay, d’oh!
Yeah you probably have it under control but just deepen the slots before you sand them away, 😆

Mark was not kidding putting a radius on ebony is a nightmare @usadave It’s looking good Dave. One thing you have to remember about radiusing a fretboard by hand is to keep checking the height at all four corners, that…   Read more»