Last seen: Jun 4, 2025
Welcome along
That's the neck glued in and post holes done, stil a bit more sanding then onto finish.
Frets all levelled, crowned and polished. Side markers done, everything sanded to 240 grit. Something went slightly off somewhere so the neck angle en...
The method Mark uses for carving the neck is so quick using mahogany, took me less than an hour to crave the neck, heel and do the volute. Got the fre...
Got the fretboard radiused and markers in, 6mm aluminium tube with sawdust and superglue. Get the frets in tomorrow
@tv101 No no, I got the trussrod and headstock plate off it lol
Crack goes all the way to the floyd cavity, you can bend the neck and feel the body move lol This one is firewood! š¤£
Well bollox! I knew the neck was tight but only just realised how tight! Gone and split the body! š¤£ Think I'll put this one on the back burner ...
Glued the neck in today then this evening I thought I'd check how it all looks. Well that's a relief! Now onto more finishing.
Got the carve done today and the recess for the controls, after a lot of sanding I wiped down with white spirit to have a look. Looks awesome!
Well this has progressed, body cut out, pickups and control catvity routed, belly carve done and neck on it's way to being done. Tomorrow I'll be carv...
Carves sorted, frets levelled and polished, fretboard oiled and now the body has finish applied. Next will be to mask up around the pocket and glue th...
Welcome along
Got some routing done today, just the control cavity then it's drill the wire holes. Hopefully when it comes time to string up it all looks good!
@russ baddumtish! š¤£
Got the frets in yesterday and today I got on with side markers, carving the neck, volute and heel a bit and also got the neck pocket routed. I was th...
Welcome Chris from about 70 miles further North.
Today I was able to sand back and get a look at how things were going, so far pretty good. Had to add a tiny bit more resin in a couple of spots but i...
Ok I'm at a bit at a standstill while this stuff cures. Fret markers are the aluminium tubing again but filled with the epoxy, can't wait til it's cur...
@tv101 no, I've hit a long boring process where you have to wait and wait and wait lol. I forgot it wasn't sealed on the back to, made a right mess on...