Alan popped round today bringing two lovely guitars with him - the Bandsman he built in Ayr and a stunning Les Paul build.
Good to have a chat and plot more visits to Baileyβs.
Hope we can get together to have a play!
Measure once........
Measure again.........
Sod it - make tea!
No pics of the meet this time around - Alanβs Bandsman has featured in workshop course videos - the Les Paul was built elsewhere in 12 days I think (or was it more) lovely inlays - played and sounded really good - perhaps Alan can post some pics...
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Measure once........
Measure again.........
Sod it - make tea!
@rocknroller912 thank you. Β Itβs constructed from two intersecting offset ovals. Β Not sure where the inspiration came from, but Iβm pleased with the result.
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Iβd make a few mods on the MK2 though. Β In particular an asymmetric deeper cutaway to give more space for accessing the dusty end.
itβs currently back with Mark to see if he can mod it a little. Β Otherwise Iβll just have to make another π
24 frets (it was supposed to have 24 but I messed up)
change the cut away
chamber the body (it weighs a ton) - maybe even make it semi-hollow. Β A nice crescent βf holeβ around the scratch plate would look good I think.
mod the electrics - too complicated
change the control cavity to make better space
adjust where the jack socket is
change the push-push pots to SG because the current ones donβt fit well with the way Iβve created the βjackβ housings.