

Last seen: Jul 27, 2025
Got the comfort carves done today. I had a go with the grinder and sanding disc on the arm carve but gave that up and went back to good old hand tools...
@steveh well I can blame it on age at least lol
@steveh I place the claw against the back of the spring cavity and move it about until I'm happy it's centred then go round in the holes with a pencil...
Today was a little tidy here and there and then onto bridge fitting, pickup routing, control cavity and wire holes. I set the depth stop on my drill p...
Today I smoothed out the back and front and did the neck heel transition area.
You say studio apartment, I say shed, you live in a shed lol
Got the top glued on then today I rough cut out the shape, still a bit of refining to do though then it's onto routing and carving
@nortski I've used wood glue in the past, just squeeze a small bead in the slot then bang in the fret but my preferred method is to run medium supergl...
Got the frets levelled, crowned and polished today then glued on the wings. Hopefully tomorrow I can get the top glued on at some point. This was one ...
@brie St Cyrus! That was it. Gourdon is past johnshaven. I was trying to remember them in order going from Montrose lol. Bought my first electric from...
Got a little bit more done today, top cut out and been cutting down the centre block to allow room for the top. Added a bit of angle for more bridge c...
@swepri A40640 module, do fancy doing other stuff but that means making the effort to learn and I'm not always good at that lol I've seen guys o...
@brie Maybe Gourdon, Johnshaven or Bervie. Got cousins up that way.
@brie I glue up in my shed but then bring it in because it's slightly warmer and at some point there will be heating on, so which ever room is warm is...
@brie About 20 miles from Dundee heading towards Glenisla
@swepri neje 3 plus, got it off ebay. I seen a friend using it on his youtube and asked what he was using, he had the 2 plus but it wasn't available s...
Got the headstock sorted out today, stuck the body template on to get an idea how it will look. And of course I did my logo
@robin it's been mental but fortunately I'm to high up to be affected, people over Brechin way had to get evacuated and all sorts. Water up about 6ft ...
@brie I bring whatever wood I'm using in the house when it starts getting cold and damp, half built guitar or whatever. Just take it out the to the sh...
Had a bit of flooding in the shed but I lifted everything off the floor and took my wood in the house before hand so all was good. The ground next to ...