

Last seen: Aug 13, 2025
Hey @mikeyrjiom, thank you and appreciate the comments! I have to say, it's been a leaning curve and only now am I happy with the finishing. It's st...
Cheers @russ, appreciate you thoughts!
@rathius thanks. I'll check it out!
@russ thanks, ok so with a glued neck there's a bit more strength, that makes sense. To your knowledge is there a minimum measurement of meat to leave...
I've had to continue these builds in my spare time and, unsurprisingly, learning a new (to me) you're of finishing process want entirely smooth sailin...
Great to here this and beautiful guitars!
Hi @somethingnicer, That looks about right, but I'm no expert. Nitro is a nice thin finish, but is very easy to sand through! I think @boo is the...
Looks great @boo! I really like the heel carve. Very classy, top work!
That's a really fun design, interested to see this one turns out!
@somethingnicer ah good news! You could stay with 2 pickups and use a push pull as a pickup selector. But as you've gone back to your original plan...
Hi @somethingnicer, I'm presuming you've drilled the hole for the switch, but not routed out the cavity for the switch and that's what you're wantin...
Hi @boo, I've not built one myself, but there's certainly PRS guitars factory made with FR bridges at 25" scale. I don't know if Gibson factory make...
I thought I'd give a bit of an update as there seemed to be some interest in my finishing schedule of z-poxy as grain filler with brush on melamine la...
@brie all three photos look in good order. I really like the poplar and the London plane cap! Looking forward to updates
Hi Emmanuel, I'm not very good at taking my own advice, but the trick is practice, practice, some more practice and then a little more practice. Th...
@clinton looks great, fella! Good work on the binding. Where did you get the timber? Cheers Dan
Thanks @nsj I'll take a look. I'd go for glue in, I think. I'm often finding with guitar building (but can be asked to life in general) is that I...
@nsj I saw your post on Instagram and hoped you'd share more photos here. It's a great job! I've only made double cutaways up to now, but fancy a p...
@nsj Cheers buddy. Sounds like I need to keep the chap with the drum sander sweet😅