Thanks everyone. I'm sure I could effect a cosmetic repair ... I guess doing it in a way that doesn't self-destruct on the first turn of the truss r...

What a brilliant idea that I'd never thought of! You're more than welcome to claim as your own tv1, afterall sharing knowledge is what the guitar b...

Hi Steve I've used both Crimson's penetrating and high build oils; The penetrating oil works great on necks - couple of coats applied with 2000 gr...

Here's a case in point - I've just made this neck blank out of laminated pine shelving strips. I don't think knotty pine will make a proper neck but I...

From what I've seen around the internet you can build a guitar body out of anything you can fasten a neck, pickups, and bridge to (circular saw blades...

I have many happy memories of Blackpool Pleasure beach in the 70/80's but I'm willing to bet it's far from the same place now...

Welcome Steve Building guitars sounds like a great retirement to me. 🙂

Welcome to the forum 🙂 I was very proud of my even string spacing on a nut I cut the other week ... only to realise that I'd cut 7 slots for a 6 st...

I found these top loaders very easy to use - no drilling holes through the body and no break angle for the neck to worry about. Most sites have for un...

@boo I used one of those Grainger ferule blocks on a previous build. Good gear let down by me putting the bridge in the wrong place. Forgetting to put...

@boo Great song. Never caught them live with Lane but "new" singer Will Duval is amazing.

Not normally a fan of Cookie Monster vocals but I'm really liking this;/p> In a bizarre way it's almost soothing.

Having only radiused 3 necks I probably can't add much to the excellent advice already given (I clamped the neck, used a short radius block, and check...

mmmm wood porn 🙂 That's going to look so good ... You worried about weight or just going to suffer for your art?

For my first build I re-used pickups that I kept from years ago when I upgraded my Ibanez RG270 but when compared to the Seymour Duncan's I was used t...

Nice work Russ 🙂 I'm planning to make a headstock angle jig before attempting build no5 because whilst planes/rasps/sandpaper do work (eventually) ...

Welcome Bodess. Love that headstock - reminds me of Batman 🙂

My cat was sleeping near the laptop and I think Mark's potty mouth may have traumatised her - can you send me one of those fret slotting jigs in lieu ...