@rathius Well, I'm glad that my idea was useful to someone. Have you made yours yet? It's been months since I last logged on here. I hope that large router bit didn't give you any trouble.

Awesome! That top looks nice

"We don't make mistakes- We have happy accidents" - Bob Ross Nothing like some accidental inspiration. It gives it a very unique look and your fix will make it even more distinct. Maybe you'll want to...

I think the main reason the wood ended up splitting is because I might not have had a big enough pilot hole. The drive tip on the auger bit acted like a wedge and put a 2mm wide split in the side goin...

If you've ever split the side of a guitar body while trying to drill the jack socket hole (like I just did) then you'll do anything to keep it from happening again. Some of you may see this as unneces...

Just figured I'd share this with you guys. Today I made a fret slotting jig in preparation for the next build. That's right, I'm not going to use a pre-made board this time. The supplier that I buy mo...

Looks great! Love the color and the overall shape of it. Particularly the end of the fretboard and the pickup mount. Did you make that mount or buy it?

As soon as I logged in I thought to myself "oh, wow. New design!" I like it. If I hadn't read this post I probably would have spent a minute or so looking for the lost "like" button haha.

I know I'm a couple weeks late to the party here, but from reading your post and seeing the picture my thoughts were pretty much exactly what Mark and Robin have already said. Filling the large gouge ...

Excellent job! Beautiful grain on the back and very nice gloss finish.

Finally, a long overdue update. 'Tis done!

The neck is all set and tomorrow it's time to start the body. Attachment : 20220729_204859.jpg

@rocknroller912 Yes, but the taper template was only off by a little under a mm. As long as the fretboard is properly centered, the slot should be fine and the edge can be blended out. Attachment ...

Truss rod is installed and fretboard is glued down. This time I rounded the end of the fillet at the heel end so there's no open gap. Attachment : 20220723_183345.jpg Attachment : 20220723_...

Posted by: @robin @wayne_f These problems we give ourselves never seem so bad after a good night's sleep, you'll fix it and it'll be fine. @robin That's very true. Sometimes it doesn't even take ...

@robin I've compared the neck to the fretboard and the board is a bit wider. Your suggestion of blending the joint while carving sounds much better than scrapping the whole thing. After my last post I...

Just got done out in the workshop a couple hours ago and I've run into another problem. I might need to scrap this and start over. After routing the profile of the neck I noticed that the truss rod sl...

Okay, finally posting some progress. Even though the project is just starting I've already made a couple mistakes. Fortunately those mistakes are not difficult to work around. First, I accidentally cu...

@bpower Thanks! I wanted to make something edgier that had a V-ish shape to it.

Decided to go with hardtail bridge again instead of the tremolo (next time). I have the plan drawn out and the body template cut. Attachment : 20220622_184451crop.jpg