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Yesterday had a road trip to my source for great wood: Masave fijnhout (@masave_fijnhouthandel) It's like being a kid in a candy shop Took my piece of burled wood to saw some tops. We were able to get 3 nice matched tops out of it! So my project will be changing from the planned limba top to one of these! Also I'm going to build 2 guitars simultaneously, will hopefully be more efficient. Took some pieces of ziricote with me for fretboards, as well as a nice laminated neck blank and a big piece of nut to build the necks from. Wish I had a bandsaw like that! Short video:

this thursday I'm visiting a woodshop to get a few neck blanks. Also I'm taking this block of burl ( not sure of the species) to have him saw a few tops to use for this project maybe in stead of the limba. And I found a nice piece of birdseye maple I didn't even remember I had! Should be good for 2 necks!

exactly! so much fun using the bandsaw again to transform a piece of wood into a guitarshape!

Following this one for sure as I have a few acoustic bodies that need to be finished by me. Hat off to you AD, seen a lot of great builds coming by on Instagram.

Hey all, again a long time since last posting here, been very busy doing repairs, but I got the building fever again so time for a new project. When my dad passed away in '17 and we were cleaning out his garage I found a glued together mahogany (I think) tabletop which I took home for a possible barncaster project. I've got a black limba top laying around and some nice maple that belonged to a local builder who unfortunately passed away also around that time. My dad taught me a lot in diy'ing, enabling me to do about anything around the house in renovation and repairs. The local guitar builder inspired me to take up customizing and eventually building guitars. So this project will be a tribute to 2 great gentlemen! It will be a 25" scale guitar, one bridge pickup (q-pickups ) . Mahogany body with limba top. Birdseye maple fretboard on a glued in neck of wood, type yet to be determined. As always with me it will probably be a lengthy process. In the meantime I'm finishing up on another build I hope to post here soon. Happy building everyone!

awesome work again AD! lovely piece of walnut. it amazes me again and again how a traditional body like that can be so classy looking with the right woods of finishing.

nice burst! looking good.

congrats! something different but even more impressive!

i've had a few marauders on my workbench for repairs/setup. Nice guitars, not a model you see a lot. (which I like ) good luck with the build!

managed to do some work last saturday. Shaped the body with the shinto and routed the fretboard on the neck, sanded the headstock. Also created a recess for the electronics cavity cover. Next up is body sanding/filling/priming/painting and neck shaping. I'm thinking of putting wax or lacquer on the maple neck to give it some protection and yellowish finish. Any recommendations?

not mine, but a friend's who has a carpenting/construction company. He's got a lot of room and some nice tools. Happy that I can use it now and then when the place is available. but it's nice to have access to a big planer, bandsaw en proper workbenches!

While using my G&W miter box last weekend I found out I forgot to loosen the bolts after using it last time. Now they were stuck and I messed up the allen-bolts while trying to loosen it probably a good idea to oil or wax them for smooth tightening/loosening. Managed to use it, but need to replace 2 of the bolts used for fixing the height rollers.

grat build , well deserved!

Only had a few hours but managed to do most of my list for today: routing neck-pickup to fit body mounted EMG pickup. Routed the control cavity to also fit a battery for the EMG pickups I'll use on this one. Routed the neckpocket some more and shaped the neck for a tight fit. Looks like I'll need to deepen the neckpocket a bit further. Next saturday another chance to do some more work. Then it'll be shaping time and drilling holes for the neck-screws. some pictures:

Oh yeah Tomorrow I will be going to my friends workshop. Finally some time to work on this project. Will also be bringing some wood for the next one. First some routing and shaping on this one!