@rocknroller912 Thanks for that, I appreciate it. That’s why I continue to post a lot of pictures, even of any mistakes and/or repairs during the fini...

A bit more refining and it’s starting to look good.

I used a variety of carving tools and got to work.

I marked up the neck for carving to give me some guidance.

@rocknroller912 Yeah, that is crazy, very risky. I can’t stand nitro if I’m honest, people only use it on guitars because they think they should and t...

@stephen Yep, I’ve done that a few times. Start with the neck and take the measurements from it and get the body blank to accept it, in alignment. So ...

@alancoffey Yeah I live in the NW, near Blackpool so I know what you mean about it being wet a lot of the time. There are other finishing products you...

@stephen Sorry Stephen, that was terribly dimwitted of me, I apologise.

@robin Doh! Of course it’s Northern Ireland, I was thinking it was an American state for some reason. 🤣

Alan, can you upload some pictures so I can have a look? 👍

Alan, here is my humidity gauge and thermometer that I leave in my working area, it just helps me make decisions about spraying and other things such ...

Alan, first of all, don’t panic, this is very common and fixable. The milky appearance is called “blooming”. It’s when moisture from the atmosphere...

@stephen Hey Stephen, welcome to our guitar making community, glad you could make it. Yep, it’s a very typical story, I played in bands and then...

@tv101 The HT pallets haven’t had any chemical preservatives added, just heat treated. The ones that are painted blue are used in transporting chemica...

@koendb Thanks very much, I’m still building up the coats of oil. 👍

@koendb That looks amazing, great work. 👍 It would look even better with zebra pickups. 🤘😁🤘🎸

@tv101 Nice one TV, it good to see you keeping your eye in. 👍

@bpower Thanks. They are a lot of fun to make, have a go. 👍

A few more pics of the first coat of Tru Oil.

Now for the first coat of Tru Oil. It’s starting to come alive.