

Last seen: May 9, 2025
@archie Welcome to this awesome community! I see you are already in the good hands of @darrenking Good luck in your endeavors 🙂
Neck Carving day! Roughly shaped and initial testing my oscillating spindle sander for the volute.Still some work to be done on heel and v...
Busy busy busy.. A couple of days ago, I installed side dots , cut the fretslots to proper depth and glued the fretboard to the neck. Routed the b...
@frocesterbill No worries, I did not mention this before 😀
@frocesterbill I only cut out the innershape of the horns, so I had rectangular shapes to clamp. Only after drying I rough cut the rest of the body
Fretboard markers done, radiussed to 16" radius.Only thing to do is check and saw the slot to depth, install the side dots and glue the fretboard on. ...
@boo I agree with @tv101
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Pink! What can I say? I am a rebel
I guess on acoustic instruments it is indeed not a common issue. So yeah I can definitely see where you are coming from.On electric guitars , however,...
She will be so happy with this! Nice job @Boo!
@rocknroller912 I dont think string break is the issue, but tuning stability is. String breaks are more of an issue on the other end, at the bridge, w...
@darrenking That looks amazing! Well done !
Hi @c-cap. Welcome to the forum of our wonderful community!My first scratch build was also a telecaster. So go ahead, it is not harder to build. In my...
@rocknroller912 Well on a Les Paul, none of the strings are ligning up with the nut. You just have to cut the nut with a little bit of an angle at th...
@Robin Yes indeed. I 'll decide that just before final sanding and finishing
Today, I testfitted the tuners and discovered a small design flaw in my headstock. I should have left a bit more space on a few pegholes, they are rat...
Well, some pictures are in the wrong cronological order :-)Yesterday, I flattened the headstock and neck. But apparently, during my rough cut on the b...
Last week I progressed quite a bit for this build Got my laminated neck blank from G&W . Made a headstock template Glued the scarf joi...
@steveadams Nice work! Also really good tips. Really appreciating the effort you put in making these videos 🍺