Category Archives: Guitar Three

Using a template bit, I’ve taken the 12mm template to the same internal lines as the 6mm. I’ve left the curved edges offset, to allow for sanding (and to fatten the side walls a bit). Swapping to a smaller bobbin … Continue reading →

Another guitar, another change of direction. The planing and thicknessing of the maple top just didn’t work with a router and the piece supplied had a significant bow to it that was more extreme than I realized (tbh I’m a … Continue reading →

I really struggled with the second build to track the progress of the finishing of the body in photographs. The colour wandered all over the place depending on time of day / lighting. In an attempted to get a more … Continue reading →

So it’s been a very long break (over a year) since I worked on the guitar. A lot has changed in my world, so it kinda got left behind. However, with a newly redone work space I’m picking it back … Continue reading →

Time to start rough shaping the back of the neck. I mainly use (see picture above): Japanese two-handed rasp (left) Japanese half round carving file (mid) Stanley flat bottomed spokeshave (right)

After the clamps came off: Cut headstock to thickness. Aim is 16mm thick, though I suffered a lot of blade wander. After tightening the blade and going very slowly, it’s 17mm at the top and 18.5mm at nut side. Hopefully … Continue reading →

I’m taking a very different approach to building the body this project. Normally I build a 6mm MDF template, copy that to a 12mm MDF template and use that with a template cutter on my router to make the body. … Continue reading →

A lot slower day (and I didn’t have as long working on it): Drilled the hole at the end of the neck for the truss rod with a 10mm lip and spur bit using a piece scrap of wood to … Continue reading →

Neck build process (pictures below): Template made in 6mm MDF. Neck measurements came from an Excel spreadsheet (which I’ll refine over time) Number of frets: 21 Neck end fret: 22 (i.e. neck finishes were the 22nd fret would be) Body … Continue reading →

Wood purchased: Neck Blank: Birdseye maple AAA, Size: 780mm x 100mm x 25mm Fretboard: Rosewood – 24.75″ scale (precisely and not the “Gibson” 24.75″) Body Blank: Swamp ash: Single Piece: 490mm x 370mm x 45mm Body Top: Birdseye maple: 5-7mm … Continue reading →