the new tuner should be coming early next week, the company I bought the tuners from are sending me a spare one so that's a good outcome.

I contacted sperzel so it looks like I might be able to get a single tuner either from them or a uk distributor, I simply couldn't resist stringing th...

also don't have access to tap and dye's but know a metal working guru who might be able to help.

@brie I would do that if I knew the exact size thread it is, I can't find any info on thread type or pitch e.t.c even though there's load of info on d...

it's sort of finished now apart from testing it with strings, I found out one of the tuner threads also doesn't work which was annoying, now I need ju...

I carved the comfort carve and glued the fretboard on, using mark's clamping caul, it's just a piece of 4 x 2 with hardboard strips on the edges, hope...

here's another update: - routed the pickup cavities -routed the back panel slot the top is very slightly off from the centreline not by much but...

@nsj I've been thinking of buying a kit from him for a couple of years now, seems really good for the money.

the top is glued on now, I made the f hole thinner so that it looks better from the front, and coloured in the middle section with pencil crayons to g...

I've been busy! carved the f-hole and the shape on the top, drilled all the holes needed, including the ones inside, still a few jobs to do but it's g...

hollowed it out, on the real one I'll do this first before gluing on the wings, it'd be much easier, it's now a lot lighter weight and sounds pretty g...

I made some templates/patterns today, for hollowing out the wings.

perhaps you can help me decide? should I make a normal control cavity then rout out the top half of the left body wing, or should I hollow out the ent...

the wings are glued on now, in the meantime I'm going to make some routing templates out of MDF whilst this is curing whilst listening to winger and d...

I finally carved the neck, it was very enjoyable, so theraputic! I mostly used a spokeshave and carving knife for the transitions volute and the...

the top is almost done, I used some hot hide glue to glue on a couple of extra pieces to extend the width, using a rub joint technique, I think carvin...

bookmatched pine top, just need to hand plane it to thickness.

made a template then routed out the jack socket, I've got the control cavitiy to rout out next, just trying to concentrate on one thing at a time.

getting closer now

I patched in some wood to repair a bad rout on the other side of the neck, this should make more sense when I start shaping it later.