
Last seen: Mar 23, 2026
@swepri That’s what I’m here for. 😆 What wood is it? What build are you planning?
@mattbeels I would hope so, yes. 😆
@swepri Yeah, go for it. I have chosen to make building guitars part of my life, I’m always doing something, whether it’s a full on build or customisi...
@frocesterbill Iron Gear are pretty good for the cheaper end of the scale. I’ve used them on many builds and I think their Rolling Mill humbuckers are...
@poco7 Looking good there man, nice work. 👍
@robin Thanks for the input. Yeah it really does look like the paint has shattered due to an impact. It’s hard to tell as I only have the photos, not ...
I had a pop at the other neck today. I’ve blended the nut area into the headstock and rounded all the corners over with various grades of sandpaper. T...
@roddy Good for you, glad you enjoyed your visit. Welcome to the forum and I look forward to seeing pictures of your design drawing and maybe of the b...
I’ve had a couple of days off from guitar making to move some more stuff out of the house but I couldn’t resist carving the nut area into the headstoc...
I’ve yet to carve them but I couldn’t resist offering them up to have a look how they might look. I like it so far.
I’ve still got a long way to go but these necks are starting to look good with their respective bodies. I’m going to use all gold hardware on both of ...
@petejb Sounds like good advice to me. Thanks for the moral support. 👍
All glued, pinned and clamped. I’ll come back to this tomorrow.
Time to get the fretboard on. I always lightly clamp it in place first and make sure everything lines up and is in the right place. Then put my caul o...
Planed the fillet and a bit of scraping too. It’s very satisfying doing this bit.
Time to unclamp and plane this truss rod fillet down so I can glue this amazing fretboard on. This neck is going to look stunning.
@bpower That looks great, nice and clean. You and your daughter have done good.
@bpower It’s all part of it, you have to just suck it up sometimes and put it all down to experience. I think we have all had times like these, where ...
@abbbbbotttt I think the best thing would be to email. 👍