I got my blank from David Dyke I'll check out reid too, assists on the look out for interesting timber (even if I can't afford it!)

Hi @brie, I've not used it myself, but Poplar is pretty commonly used. My understanding is it's easy to work. If you're looking for light weight, ta...

@robin interesting! I'll look out for your thoughts. I've got the crimson water based wipe on finish to experiment with, but not tried it yet.

@robin looking good! What finish are you going for?

@brie good work! I often look at the acoustic course, but find myself building 'just one more' electric!

Cheers @robin! Maybe I'll look into bending the sides myself, I think a mate has a bending iron and his badly can I need up making the moulds?!...

@robin looks excellent! Did you buy the acoustic build kit available in the shop? I'm thinking about pulling the plug on it, but would have to buy...

That makes sense!

Hey @swepri, My experience of jazzmasters and jaguars is that they often need a shim in the neck pocket too create a better angle at the bridge anyw...

Hi @darrenking, Doesn't sound like a bad idea to me, but generally I don't know until I *uck about, then I find out. For what it's worth, I really...

Happy new year, folks! As I've bored you with the earlier parts, I may as well show the final product 🤷 Fully shielded and finished off wi...

Love this, thanks @robin!

Thanks @robin for taking the time to pull that all together, it appreciated. Seeing some of the steps undertaken had fleshed out my thoughts. I thin...

@robin that's exactly what I'm on about! Thank god someone understood me! I'm drawing up a design that's kinda SG thin, so want a way of attaching t...

@somethingnicer, welcome along! As the others have said, you'll enjoy mark's courses. They're something for everyone, no matter the skill level. Ple...

Thanks @boo! Yes, it's somewhere between a lemon or a Tigers eye burst. My wife jokingly (I hope) called it a Bert burst, as in Bert and Ernie, but ...

Thankfully, gluing the neck went well and I now have a new guitar if sorts. I practiced staining on an offcut off the top and really enjoyed the pro...

@nsj I was trying to go deeper than my router wanted to and I think the chuck released the bit and through it went! I may have sworn a bit. I would ...

Well, I started giving updates of this build so I'm going to continue....! I've I managed to get all the binding glue out, fretting went well and no...