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I have a SCMS, but its a bloody cheapo GMC job, and I can garantee one hundred percent that it is not (and never possibly could be) accurate enough to cut fret slots.

I spent ages setting the...

There is probably two ways you could do this. I have drawn a (very rough) diagram below for you.

The first (on the left) is the quick easy way, where you can buuttt-join (as my son says) the...

If you end up having to abandon and build a new one with the same fretboard and electronics, surely you can save the cap too? Bandsaw it from the body, or even rout the body away from the cap...

Oh yeah, okay. Tomorrow. I'll try and remember pics for tomorrow!!!

Have fun doing the plaster, on the ceiling, ahaha! Left the best bit until last mate! I will never hand plaster again in my...

I think what you have said so far is pretty much right mate. Go with the white overall first... next I would probably paint in the straight lines (using the tape, either auto spray tape or...

Exactly what I thought when I saw it... he has some damn nice looking bits of lumber in some of his intruments.

Mate, your workshop benches and drawers look nicer better than my bloody kitchen!

By the way, if anyone is not sure (and I doubt there is many), a No.5 plane is a reasonably big one, so those...

Like old_picker suggested, give it a go with a can on some MDF. I really don't think you will need to invest in an airbrush at all. Very little of that example you posted is actually airbrushed (the...

The first graphic, is very simple to put on a guitar. The longest part of it will be letting paint dry between stencils.

I can only see a real need for two stencils (the hair outline and the face...

A high res pic of the guitar = stencil in about 30 seconds with Adobe Illustrator... you're thinking about it now the seed has been planted :q

A variaton on adding a laminate under the fretboard on the lower side, and to avoid planing/sanding down the high side of the neck... is it possible to plane back one side of the fretboard a little....

Nah, Stu is going into acoustics now too. Thats his side bending rig :q

Workshop is looking good Stu. Can you give me some pointers on building drawers? I have to build a draw unit for the...

For those guys who are still living in the hair metal past, do you realise there is a still a massive and very healthy metal scene in Europe? Every genre of metal oozes from Europe constantly, and...

TACKY, mate, I'll take 80's hair bands over anything played on commercial radio these days!

Here's a pick of my BC Rich ST3... pretty 80's!

I called several Bunnies just now, and when I got to the Northland (Preston) store, the bloke there was able to tell me that:

- Epping has DISPLAY model available still
- Box Hill has DISPLAY...

I understand what you mean about wanting to restore the 550... especially as its a LTD model. I have, and have had, a lot of Ibanez guitars. I love the old Roadstars, and have several in varying...

Pft, I went to Bunnies at Hightpoint and Coburg (I guess thats kinda where it is), and no luck at either. Highpoint didn't look like they had much going on. Same amount of Triton stuff as they've...

Pictures please...

If the finish is already starting to flake, and I'm assuming this is because it has already 'crazed' a lot (lots of fine cracks throughout the finish surface), then you won't...

Sweet idea maca (welcome back btw)... I reckon Stu is right, you should give it a go. The worste that can happen is you flatline (haha :rofl:). Seriously though, you stuff it up, no big deal,...

If you really, and I mean REALLY, enjoy stripping back guitars, then go ahead and give the 550 a go, but I would not recommend it unless you want to restore it. If its going to be a workhorse, its...

Well, GMC are cheap as chips, so what can you expect. I know Bunnings doesn't deal with their warranty claims (14 days I think, then you have to go direct to GMC yourself).

Anyway, at $99 I reckon...

Here in Australia, I think Naptha is generally sold as a product called 'Shellite' (which can be used as lighter fluid in Zippo's and the like). I've used it to clean a lot of things, but never on a...

Hi watson... can you give me some more information (or pics preferably) of what kind of foam is inside the tele case? I have quite a bit of experience in removing decaying foam of various different...

Fantastic looking guitar that deserved to win. There was some good competition there as well, with several other very nice looking and well made guitars on show, so that goes to say something about...

Wow, you're right. Nice work routing around it.

I too often like the look of a few knots in the timber here and there. It's a shame they are not usually condusive to building guitars. They often...

Hey black_labb. Thanks for the info. I'm not ready to dive into making pickups right away, but in the near future I'd like to give it a go. I've bookmarked this thread for future referance. Good to...

Seaford, that sounds close enough. I guess I remember having to go through Mordialloc to get there.

I don't think Jim does much himself at all. I'm not even sure if he built a lot of guitars. The...

If you can't find your capo, any bit of string, elastic band etc will do the job temporarily. Just tie it on at the first frett.

If the strings have a bit of tension on them, by holding them down...

Great work black_labb... Has nice colour in the timber too. This is the one with your 'custom neck joint' right?

Also, where did you get the parts to build your pickups (ie. magnets and wire)?...

I have this book as well, and agree, it has a lot of useful information. I particularly like that he provides a lot of conversions for metric and imperial throught the book. Too many books focus on...

Interesting guitar there Leon... it looks heavy though. What's the weight like?

Beautiful looking instrument you've made there Wim. I really like how you finished the top, with the faux binding etc.

Is that a great bloody knot in the middle of the back though?

Good to see you will put it in GOTM Stu. It's definately a massive contender, and so far this month it's been fairly unimpressive compared to some previous months.

How good was Iron Maiden. I was...

^^ Motion seconded and carried. Now go do it Stu :whip:

I'll continue the accolades (sp?)... very well done Stu. The guitar looks excepetional. Are you going to leave the black gotoh's on, or replace with chrome at some stage? Maybe even standard button...

Interesting looking guitar you have there. Definately looks like it could be either Italian or Japanese. I'm guessing it also doesn't have much weight to it.

60's Japanese guitars look a lot like...

Umm, Stu. Four letters mate. GOTM!!!

How long to final fitout? Awaiting impaciently for the pics :P

Jack, are the photo's you have taken excessively large in filesize perhapse? If you are running windows XP, you can download a very small program called Powertoy Image Resizer (google it). It's free...

Sounds great Stu. A lot more interesting than BV's and townhouses that's for sure. My old man does a lot of reno work in more recent times (he's getting old and winding down now). I'll scan some...

Nice carve there RGM. What have you used to do the job?

Welcome to the forum Wim... that's a beautiful looking guitar you have in progress there. Very neat carving work. Good looking blog site you have as well. I will have a good look at that when I get...

The new house sounds really nice Stu, and big too! How big is your block? Considering I grew up in the country (little place called Ruffy, in the Strathbogie Ranges), I like a nice patch of land to...

You should build her a guitar so she has something else to 'shread' on :yippy:

Good luck with the sale then. Is there a house on the block you bought already, or are you planning to build (and...

Nice progress maca. You abandoned the idea of red and black then?

Good tip Stu. I certainly would not have thought of that.

Hey maca, how's the guitar coming along? Get much done over the holidays?

I can see how that would be a very annoying mistake, but the wood is certainly not wasted.

As others have suggested, you can try and work around it by going with a new design, or you can use what...

Haha, I like the decal Stu. Nice play on words (I'm assuming). Bluestone = Blues Tone right?

The guitar is looking a million bucks. It looks better with every photo you post. Speaking of photo's,...

Nice score Deano. I love trash and treasure markets. They are even better than pawn shops. I'm constantly getting into trouble with the missus every time we come across a pawn shop. I can't help...

Those guitars are looking fantastic Ethereal. Was that metal series one the one with the ash body? I'd look back in the thread, but I'm still in holiday mode, so feeling a little lazy still.

I had...

Hey maca. Looks like that jig for the scarf joint worked out pretty well for you. Good job. Have you got a pic of the actual jig all put together? How did you keep the headstock and neck together in...