Hard to tell from a photo if its a crack or not. I'd clamp the heel in a vice and give it a good bend and look to see if it opens up at all. If it...

Number one tip - everything you need to know is included in Mark's courses.

@nsj 1 year per inch thick for drying is what I understand Oh well, thats going to take a while then. I did say its going to be a long term p...

@brie You're probably right with a couple of years, I think I've read that somewhere. As for cutting it, I visited the Clydebank Mens Shed yester...

Hi Simon Buying the kit isn't essential, but I'd recommend signing up for the courses. I built my acoustic without a kit, but couldn't have done it ...

That's clever thinking @boo

@somethingnicer . I think that’s my move. Thanks for talkin this through with me! Your welcome. It'll work out just fine.

@somethingnicer Actually, now that I look at it, this doesn't seem too horrible..... I think the may be the easiest method to reshape on this lin...

@somethingnicer That's an interesting idea. So to do that I would cut out a pickup shaped piece of wood and glue it in and sand it down? Exac...

@somethingnicer Or, you could fill in the bridge pickup recess and route a new one closer to the neck pickup. The bridge would maybe cover most of ...

@somethingnicer Maybe you could reshape the body by cutting the end of the body back to let the heel protrude a bit and keep the crucial 25" scale ...

@somethingnicer Can I ask, which part doesn't match your drawing, the body or the neck ?

@koendb That is impressive work, I can imagine how frustrating it must be getting all those curved edges to match up.

@tv101 might need to be a short scale proper acoustic?? She does prefer the acoustic, I just need to strum it and she crawls over, climbs up...

@jamesbisset The edges glued well, with no gaps, but of course the back moved when I wasn’t looking. It’s cosmetic, because without a centreline ...

@tv101 I'm trying to workout what mishap occurred that needed the "decorative hole" at the top as a fix??? I'm guessing that it might have be...

I think my next build is going be a ukulele, my granddaughter has taken an interest.

Welcome to the forum. Have you tried looking on Amazon, ebay or an online car paint supplier.

@bjarni If you're paying for premium membership then you should have access to all the courses, email Carol@baileyguitars.co.uk and i'm sure she'll...