
Last seen: Jan 14, 2026
Got the holes drilled correctly this time and first thin coat of finish on, tomorrow I'll sand back taking out little marks that I missed before. ...
Well neck is glued in, drilled the bridge holes today. For some reason I only used my blind spot when measuring for the tail piece and put it of to on...
Today I got the cavity to final depth and made a cover out of the oak. Also got the headstock shaped and drilled. Next up sanding then I can glue in t...
Stage one of carving the top And stage two Now I just have to sand till my arms fall off! š¤£
Another busy day, did my belly and leg carve with handtools and then routed the pickup cavities
I use firefox on pc, the captcha thing is annoying but so far I've always got in. Occasionally I've had to do it a few times for some reason. The wors...
@boo evo gold is nice but it seems to be in short supply just now, well medium jumbo is anyway. I like to use black or gold hardware with it, mind you...
Speaking of frets, got them in today and the side dots. Got the frets in really well this time, properly seated although I did have to fill a small ch...
@boo except when trying to bang frets in, then all ebony is bad lol
Got my fret markers nice and straight, takes a bit of sawdust and superglue to fill these but I really like them. Been over the slots to clean them an...
Body cut out, neck roughed out, neck pocket done and heel angle done using a handplane. Next up will be pickup cavities I think.
@boo yes I am! š¤£
Thanks guys
@boo well lick it lad š¤£
All sorted, Brazillian mahogany with ash strip neck and body. Oak top, oak plate on headstock. Gotoh hardware and warman pickups, hot lil devil set. P...
@boo making guitars from that will be a "barrel" of fun! I had to š¤£
Just waiting on strings now, hopefully turn up tomorrow
I've either clamped the body to my drill press table, did the 12mm hole then a bowl and dish to make a recess. The most recent I went straight in with...
I sanded the whole guitar back and applied more thinned down polyurethane, couple of coats. Now I'll wait a day or two and apply the microcrystaline w...