Failure 2, somehow when I was trying to route the deeper part of the neck sides (longer than my cutter so I had to take the template off) I managed to...

Not one, but two failures today. The first I can put down mostly to bad luck, though maybe better router technique would have avoided it, the second w...

So now we get to the night I'm starting these posts, I went in to the hackspace thinking I would have a whole evening to myself to work on the guitar,...

For a couple of reasons I took a slice off the top of the neck blank, then flattened it again using the planer. When it came to routing the headstock ...

So, in the Hackspace we have a large format laser cutter, so I used that to cut some templates.We also have a Denford CNC converted to LinuxCNC (guess...

I think you may recognize the jig.This was the first day of the London Craft Festival, and I had spent the whole day talking to people trying to convi...

How about an extension module to the electric guitar course... carving a top?

Mandolins manage 22 frets on a 14" scale lengthThe very cool sounding Emerald Guitars Amicus (short scale 12 string) has 22 frets on an 18 inch scale ...

@boo, it may be for a little girl, but It's not twee, it's just a touch glam! I could play that at my regular Rock Jam (well I could if it was left ha...

@darrenking Thought it would be something like that.The diagrams assume the person doing the soldering is familiar with the common practice in guitar ...

@darrenking, I can see only two ways that the volume control in that circuit would not turn the sound right down to zero 1) It's a dodgy pot, and th...

I've so far managed to resist the GAS directive to buy a Mirka, I don't know how long that will last.But I will say that even if you don't buy the Mir...

@Tej, I thought about laser cutting a template for paint, but the problem with that is you need a design with no holes in it, but it might be a good s...

It is a bit much for a one off.People seem to have quite a bit of success with DIY transfers on YouTube. I also wonder about screenprinting something....

@darrenking what's the best way to message you?

@tej The labelling isn't 100% consistent between manufacturers, but superglue goes from a thick gel like consistency down to the super-thin which is l...

Culture Hustle may have the pinkest pink, but I think Boo may have the sparkliest pink.