Recent content by Dewesq55

Nicely done! When I did mine, I didn't have an expensive piece of exotic wood to worry about ruining. Must have been very stressful. I used mostly rasps for mine.

Just seeing this. It's very sad. I'm sorry for the loss of all who knew and loved him. Especially his companion and you, Rob.

Welcome to the club. I'm on my 5th or 6th scratch build (not all completed!) and I still make mistakes on every guitar. I've (almost!) come to accept it as part of the process.

Thanks, man.

I was thinking of titling this thread "NGD - New Granddaughter Day"

That's a really beautiful guitar. Your son is a lucky man.

Thanks!

So, hoping this is appropriate, I became a grandfather for the first time s little over a week ago. Poppy (her name) and Pop Pop Poppy with Mom and Dad Poppy herself. This was from 2 days ago.

I did, yes.

So, the weather and my work schedule finally cooperated to let me start finishing. First I sprayed 4 coats of sanding sealer then Sandi's them way back to leave a thin perfectly flat surface. That was followed with what turned it to be 3 coats of white shellac based primer. Now I'm doing the...

Yeah, fish glue is good stuff. A lot of the benefits of hide glue and it's liquid at room temperature. Nice job, Bea.

I have to say, I have built 5 complete necks and have 1 more in progress, and I've never ruined one during carving. I did, however, trash one on the router table. Fortunately, I have basically a lifetime's supply of maple suitable for neck blanks in my shop so I just ripped another one and...

Sorry to hear that. Neck carving takes patience. Also, although some so it with success, I would suggest not using power tools to carve the neck, at least not until you've been successful the slower, hand tool way. Dave Fletcher, of Fletcher Custom Guitars on YouTube, has a series where he...

I, literally, just pulled these out of my pocket.

My daughter has all of my vinyl. She has a USB turntable