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Hey, the neck is laminate with maple and walnut and NGR. Plus carbon fibre deep into the neck. I have some mahogany blanks but I might make the centre section out of laminates as well then add the wings and make the step in the body. Qld maple would be fine. You'll want to make another one anyway s...

Hi Guys, I signed up to this forum about a month back and have already chatted to a few of you and gained some excellent information and in-sight...and stumbled around the forum drunk on the free beer :dru So as a way of a slightly belated introduction... ...I started playing guitar and electric bas...

Thanks Lillian!

It's great to get some insight into Jason's work and his background. Excellent stuff! I certainly need to gain as much knowledge on these topics as I can so thanks again : ) I will also keep my eyes out for his book but sounds like I won’t have much of a chance there…

Awesome : ) I am just going for a bolt on neck too...when you made the neck did you use a single piece of wood or multiple laminates like Gibson does? I am tossing up between these two pickup manufacturers, who have apparently emulated or reverse engineered the original Thunderbird pickups - http://...

I purchased this piece of Queensland Maple from the esteemed gents at Gilet Guitars a few weeks back – Thanks so much for the advice you guys provided on staining this type of wood : ) No doubt I will be asking for more!! : ) Thought I would post a couple of pics… This is my first attempt at buildin...

Sounds like you sorted this problem already...with a new saw : ) However thought I would share... I purchased the same band saw from Bunning's about a year ago and being totally new to Lutherie a friend advised me to cut some chicken wings with it to help me obtain a healthy respect for just how eas...