bokchoi77

Yeah I can see it in the pic, I'll double check but I think it's just a funny light scenario, I would have noticed I'd imagine. Just checked again, the roundover is consistent but it has lifted the grain a little in places so will need a decent sand in any case.

Well, got the round over done today, the router gods were on my side and it went well!

Yeah I'm keen to have a crack at binding, probably next build though. Oh no... another option! Thanks mate.

Yeah I think so too. Currently debating what level of round over to go with, I like a crisp edge but they do look good with a decent round over as well.

Hey thanks man, I kinda avoided the really fancy looking woods for this one, I didn't want a huge investment if I messed it up on the first go! These bits were actually in the 'discount' pile as they were a bit cupped and warped etc... needed some work on the planer. But that's kinda cool too I reckon... Cheers mate, cool to know there are others down this way! I thought it was a good one to start with, simple enough to do a great job while learning! Well, thats the theory. Sounds like a late night movie! Cool! I think we should definitely make this happen! I found an early pic of the hardware kinda mocked up: These are LP style pickup rings, I have gold and black ones on order, I'll try the gold ones but I think the black breaks it up nicely. Also have gold input jack, strap buttons and tuners in the parts box.

Today was the day I've been most worried about so far, routing the neck pocket. I 3d Printed a template and then transferred that one over to wood. After measuring 1600 times I hit it with the router....... and everything turned out ok! The plan for this guitar is to run with gold hardware, gretcsch style humbuckers and a les paul style switch and volume/tone control layout.

This weekend I finally obtained a Bandsaw, so I got the rough shape cut out and hit the sides with the router to smooth them down. The shape still needs a little work but its certainly getting there.

Hey all, I've been a bit of a lurker around here for a while, and I thought I should join up and post my current build in progress. I started on the building road early this year when I got a kit Telecaster from eBay. I'd heard bad things but went ahead and was pleasantly surprised with the kit, and the result I got out of it. Having completed the kit, I decided I'd like to have a go at a full body on my own. I sourced some local woods (Blackheart Sassafrass and Tasmanian Myrtle) and laminated them together. I ran the blank through the thicknesser to get it down to the correct thickness. I've discovered that upon starting my first real build, that I've probably spent $300 on materials, and $2000 on workshop equipment!