Project Telecastle

Documenting the build of my first solid-bodied electric guitar

Tag: truss rod

Building the neck – Day 1 of 4

Today was my first proper day in the workshop and it was awesome! Seeing a block of maple slowly turning into a guitar neck was very exciting and extremely satisfying. Last time I posted about the neck template I had made a small template for just the headstock. However, after reading numerous posts on the [...]

Shopping spree at David Dyke’s

Yesterday I drove 97.3 miles to visit David Dyke, the owner of a fantastic luthier supplies workshop in East Sussex. After the hugely enjoyable two and a half hour visit I came away with about 90% of the materials and hardware for Project Telecastle, which I find very exciting! The workshop, located in some beautiful [...]