@mattbeels I look forward to that. 🤘

I think you meant to tag clinton @boo…

@boo Thank you. Not quite sure the best. Quite a number of things I need to improve on still. I think that is the reason we build and build @mattbeels. So we learn from minor and major mistakes and to…   Read more»

Posted by: @boo Posted by: @rathius For some reason I thought you were in England or wales. Having the Bailey workshop at least in the same country will be very handy for me. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Yeah that is absolutely an added…   Read more»

@boo My most favorite part of guitar building is making a well made neck

@boo lol right! 🤣🤣🤣 but you’re not in the U.S. are ya? For some reason I thought you were in England or wales. No doubt I’m wrong in my assumption. 🤣🤦🏻‍♂️🤣🤷🏻‍♂️

Posted by: @boo   Yes, that is a concern. I’m not thinking full hollowbody, rather hollowing out the upper half (when held in playing position) and put some kind of nice f-hole there. Maybe some weight relief in the lower…   Read more»

Posted by: @boo The only thing I’m worried about is if too much wood is taken out of the body (hollowness), whether the guitar would be too heavy and unbalanced, literally. Yes, that is a concern. I’m not thinking full…   Read more»

@boo The fretboard is rosewood. I am planning to do a semi-hollowbody, loosely based on the Bandsman shape. The first build turned out very heavy, so why not try a variation with a thin top and some routing? Plenty of…   Read more»

@boo Man, you made me go straight out to the workshop and thickness/plane a new fretboard blank!
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@boo I’m guessing he’ll install the posts before the finish on the next one, d’oh!

@boo Looking good!
I think I will have to start a new build soon. Hard to resist when seeing other builds… 😀 

@boo It looks similar to the stress fractures that I see in the gelcoat on my boat. I would guess that its the expansion around the hole as the post has been driven in or flexing of the wood as…   Read more»

@boo, @roddy Welcome – this is an awesome forum…great support… I’m fairly new as well timewise several months – I’ve been onboard awhile, but moving along like a herd a turtles. My wife and I are in Oregon, USA, and…   Read more»

Both look perfect for each of the bodies @boo. 
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@boo wow. Those look really cool. 🙂

Posted by: @boo Posted by: @petejb No worries mate, I am an engineer who was a young student in the (failed) US pilot program to convert to metric in the early 70’s. I’m fluent in both actually and PREFER metric….   Read more»

Looking good @boo. 
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@boo  Truth be told and my apologies to fellow Americans here but I am betting they are well aware of this too, but most Americans are egocentric nationally so their knowledge of other nations and histories is vapid.  I find…   Read more»

@boo No worries mate, I am an engineer who was a young student in the (failed) US pilot program to convert to metric in the early 70’s. I’m fluent in both actually and PREFER metric.  1/16th of an inch is…   Read more»

@boo  You’re getting well with that, its good to see that you’re workbench is almost as tidy as mine.