

Last seen: Aug 5, 2025
Well I used the superglue and masking tape method again, this time to hold the neck into the body while I routered the neck pickup cavity. Done the br...
@russ hehe I've seen Mark on about it in his lives and the look on hios face at the mention of superglue and masking tape! I might get some eve...
@timc Tbh I don't see why not, you're not needing to self tap, using it more like a bolt as it were. And yeh, comfort carve for sure. I do it to a...
Got sorting the neck more or less done today, fretboard radiused, neck carved including volute, headstock shaped and tuner holes drilled.
@timc You can buy different length screws, personally I use the 38mm ones with the ferrules. I get mine from axesrus in the UK but I think you should ...
Neck kinda thicknessed and gluing on wings for the headstock. Maybe tomorrow I'll get the neck carved
Got a good bit of the neck cut out, sorted the heel, done the neck pocket and planed the angle into the heel for the tom bridge. And got the ash...
@rocknroller912 sort of, eventually lol. Learnt a lot though and next time it'l be flawless first go! š¤£
Well this turned out nice! Specs are, brazillian mahogany neck and body, neck through, warman destrpyer pickups, gotoh floyd and tuners, ebony board w...
Well after a bit of faffing about I think I'm fairly happy now. Next job, assembly
Been trying things out for the finish on this one when it comes. First is sawdust and superglue to fill the cracks then a coat of oil based polyuretha...
@tv101 Not saying it's terrible, just maybe not as good as having an actual piece of the wood lol. Worst case in this context 𤣠š¤£
@tv101 Worst case you could maybe use random wood then add a veneer to match the top?
Neck blank has been routed, trussrod fitted and fretboard glued, I can get on with that tomorrow or something but in the meantime I've been out and le...
@robin Loads more adjustment too, I always fit new strings on a new build. At least it helps rule the problem out if there is a problem.
That dust plus superglue can fix many guitar building mishaps! Bag it! lol
@robin just leave loads of winds on the pegs, that way you can reuse them if it doesn't fix the problem. I don't really worry about tuning stability a...
@robin if the strings are old they could be causing intonation problems, I had a bad G with a set of elixir and they were brand new! Intonation was aw...
Well that's the body blank all glued up! Needed a few clamps due to the nature of wonky oak lol. I often find with anything spalty or that it needs a ...
@swepri I get bored and restless lol