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The quick answer is yes I am happy and have become even happier as my skills have developed. I guess in retrospect I should have asked more how would a more expensive guitar reflect in feel and my playing. I was lucky enough to come across a rather nice Epiphone Les Paul Studio electric guitar for what I have been advised is a reasonable price, there is not a mark on it. The same guitar tech that checked the acoustic changed the pick up switch for me and he is suitably impressed with my purchase. And bonus a work colleague gave me this little amp.

I've added a corresponding ebony thickener at the back of the headsock and applied the second reveal coat of tru-oil after a bit more slurrying: While there is often madness in my method with my builds, every now and again (I suppose statistically, it must happen occasionally) there is some method in my madness In this case, it is that, because the two lower tuner positions from the upper view are the top E and B, then the break angle is maximum for these two strings. And yes - there's plenty of sanding to do here : Here's the top after the second reveal coat. That's at least starting to get there... My 'still to do' list is actually quite short. All being well, we should have a playable guitar by this time next week

Hi everybody, I’m really sorry if I’m breaking etiquette by posting in the wrong area or wrong thing. Apologies. I kindly need some help. A family friend has passed away, in Thailand where I’m typing this from, and evidentially he has a LOT of guitars and I need some help to understand if they’re of value or cheap copies. The job I’m in isn’t anywhere near the music industry and I wouldn’t know the right from the wrong end of a guitar. So if anybody is kind enough to help me with these I’d appreciate it. I’m going to upload some pictures here, again I hope that’s the right thing to do. Basically I’m after a “cheap imported rubbish sell it for £20” or “that’s a gem, don’t let it go for less than X” please. Thanks again, Ian

Thanks. It's been a very satisfying build to do with me having been given perhaps more freedom for following personal flights of fantasy

That contouring is so organic.

I spent some time this morning with the guitar strung up and on a strap for me to 'fit' the neck profile to suit Alex's style of playing. Basically, he played, I then scraped material off the neck haunches and then he tried it again. This was repeated over an hour until it 'felt right' for him. We can do further tweaks once it's finished and he can play it with amp/etc but it's probably close enough for me to start the final sanding, which I started this afternoon. As folks who have watched other builds will know, I often use some Tru-oil slurry and wiped to act as a grain filler and also as a reveal coat... to spot dints and lumps or sanding marks that are difficult to see on dry sanded wood. The good thing is that it also lets bot Alex and me see how the final colours and grain are going to turn out to be. I think it's going to be quite nice:

I wonder how you would go about stringing it... Stagg S-FS285S Guitar : Amazon.co.uk: Musical Instruments & DJ

Dick Dale used to play trumpet for part of his show... But yeah, that's.... special. Mrs Marlowe might be tempted to see if I could sound worse on that than guitar.... (the answer is yes, yes I could... I'd be like an angry, drunk goose.)