
Last seen: Jun 30, 2024
@nsj thanks, both good suggestions, although I tightened the trussrod to the point of creaking alarmingly to get it not quite straight. i do have a ...
@russ thanks Russ - this one was quite challenging as I was breaking a lot of new ground for me.
Ugh, here’s a thing. The frets aren’t quite level, so I decided to revisit that. I can’t quite get the neck flat, even with no string tension. With th...
So, ladies and gents, I give you: „The Guitar that didn’t want to be Built“ as I know it affectionately I know it by a few other, less affec...
Hi everyone! I put together the Explorer-like in mock up …. Nothing is bolted down in the mock up, but I’ve subsequently checked and drilled mo...
@nsj yeah, I’m not sure what happened. I was planning to do exactly that, but then didn’t 🙄 🤔
So, finally mocked up the Floyd Rose rout (note tactical use of screwdriver as there is no string tension to keep the bridge level. I’ll try to get th...
yep, I picked up a router template set, so that should help, but never underestimate the level of my ineptitude 😉 Thank you for the pointer as far...
@swepri thank you for your suggestion. I really don’t know why I didn’t think of that myself! My old garden bench is in the workshop waiting to be up ...
@russ thank you - that’s all the encouragement I need 😋
Explorer bodies take a lot of wood! Given that I’ve never made a body with rout for a trem system, FR or otherwise, I guessed that the chances of me m...
let’s see how this turns out …..
@nsj I wonder whether that’s it. I mean, on the one hand, I’m paranoid about the possibility of the router tipping and leaving those tell-tale grooves...
@nsj well, I wondered about the bearing, but it spins freely by hand, and I used it afterwards on the other side of the neck without problem. The ne...
Hi everyone, so, an update. Sorry it’s taken a little while, but I’ve been on holiday. Firstl, it looks like my first assessment of what had happe...
Now, that’s an interesting idea! I’ll certainly have a play with that and let you know how it works out - thank you!
Thank you for the suggestion about the neck depth. I had already cut the neck to depth, so that’s probably not going to go. I think I will take one...
Thanks Koen - ever the source of sage advice 🤣