@tv101 I've got a bosch, some makita clone and a ferrex from aldi, the ferrex thing is a sweet tool. so smooth and fairly quiet. Bosch is great with t...

@tv101 That looks like a cracker of a tool, if I didn't have 3 already I'd consider it but I'm routered out my nut lol

@tv101 here's a free les paul template, very easy to print off. Just select the body then you can check it against yours for size. I thin...

@tv101 all the bits were in bags in a box but at some point I'd taken the trem out to check alignment with the new neck and that's when it must've fal...

@koendb ordered last night as soon as I knew it was lost! Still curious as to where exactly the missing one is lol

Carve through the top and let the body wood show? Could almost make it look a bit like a binding maybe. But yeh, I was going over my early build...

Was reassebling this fella with it's lovely new neck Then I noticed this! I know it's in my little room somewhere but the plac...

Today I got on with the neck carve and headsatock refining and of course the volute. Followed Marks method this time, soooo much easier. I've always u...

Spot of radiusing this afternoon, only took 20 - 30 minutes with the lovely long beam and 80 grit.

@tv101 bet his cakes are awful 🤣

Got a bit more done today, headstock all shaped And a lot of the neck shape roughed out, carving the back and radiusing the board next I t...

Meant to say too that my new file arrived, I have a couple of iwasaki, shinto etc but liked the look of the Mark Bailey special! I'll be trying it out...

Got the pieces all planed so they line up nice And got a lot of the excess chopped off the neck section, glued a couple of extra bits on to fit th...

Used a bit of amber stain mixed with the thinned down polyurethane, just enough to make it pop

Operation new neck is almost done, a bit of finish sanding then onto the actual finish. Abalone fret markers, hosco glow in the dark side dots. Got th...

@tv101 don't think it'll need much, trees been standing dead a while and I've burnt the higher branches already. Give it a couple of months in the hou...

@russ no extras bud, they maybe charge UK vat when buying. I noticed Thomman and other EU shops do that too. They charge the correct vat and you get n...

@koendb yeh I've seen his comments on the live streams, such a liar ain't he 🤣

I think black limba looks gorgeous on it's own but if wanting to use the top I'd pick something a bit plainer. Maple and sapele laminates on the neck ...