Hi all and Happy New Year! I’m back and hope to post again about builds…… I did a third workshop course in 2022 and since then haven’t done any bu...

Final bit - engraved truss rod cover has arrived…….

Just found the solution - Safari - advanced - website settings - delete Guitar Making - now all fine again……

Got one in my latest - 5 positions are normal Strat - in the other 5 you get bridge humbucker, bridge and neck in series and parallel, all three singl...

The Freeway Blade is worth a look - 10 positions, 2 banks of 5, that fits where a normal 5 way would fit - very easy to wire….

My acrylic base is attached to one of my Bosch POF500 routers - they come up on eBay second hand - my pair were £30-35 each - parts available do shoul...

Cut a larger radius half cylinder top to bottom where the damage is and have the jack in the recess……..

Now with hardware - struck me that there was a lot of black from the pickups and then some chrome so I have swapped out the bridge, tuners and knobs +...

The ‘not f hole’ was inspired by one from a Rickenbacker - but the other way round….

My semi hollow Bandsman has a single big cavity…..

Just paid and downloaded the full package the book looks good!

5 more coats of Liberon Finishing Oil and a one of microcrystalline wax…..

I’m fine with stopping before you go too far…….. Mark was interested in the Freeway Blade. Very neat solution doing all that with one control as...

Mark was concerned as we started routing - we went in 1mm steps until the switch could do the extremes with a tip in place. I like the way that on t...

Not a lot to say about the pictures….. Two issues…. First is the neck joint - with a single coil in the neck position instead of a humbucker we ha...

Currently applying more Finishing Oil - hardware stripped off - I have also screened the control cavity. I will also swap the bridge, tuners, screws...

The finished item…. Well nearly…. There will be 3 or 4 more applications of oil… And the bolt in the selector will be chrome or black…….

Watching Mark at work with his Mirka was a revelation - such precision work…..