Hi Rocknrollermy guitar making adventure had been a long time coming until I found Mark’s courses. It was an amazing and life changing discovery and it had been a dream since I was a teenager. All the...

You mean you haven’t been all this time? I’m shocked, shocked! You’re not a Premium Mem-bah? Seriously?!? Sorry to shock you @boo - at your age, that's a dangerous thing to do 😆 Yup @matt...

@tv101 You’re not a Premium Mem-bah? Seriously?!?

@darrenking Your business sounds very impressive and it's great that you can adapt it to guitar making. During 2013 I visited the Martin factory in America where all the acoustic bracing is glued usin...

@jamesbisset Pleased to see that you have got a good result at last

Veneer

Hi Boo I could send you some veneer and/or kraft paper to bond on the sides of the recess if that would help.

I shaved the plug with a freshly sharpened chisel (courtesy of the honing guide as recommended by the Bailey). Then I made some dowel sawdust with 180 grit sandpaper and mixed it with a little wood gl...

My favourite song today:

And now for something completely different ... Nice piece of music! The picture reminds me of an instrumental song I played with one of my first bands, must have been in 1986 or 1987. It emerged fr...

Hey Mark just caught up on Saturdays live stream - thanks for encouragement and the bridge holes did come out where i planned. Looks all good but as i haven't fully assembled the guitar yet they may s...

20/12/2020 7:00 pm Started making sawdust today and am very happy to report that the router behaved itself today, no mishaps at all. Attachment : 20201220_171508.jpg

Looks Great! Can't wait to see the build pics...

Hi Peebee body shape is the tough bit, well after the headstock of course Thats the headstock designed now. Attachment : 20201217_175358.jpg

When I see other peoples’ Bandsman builds, they always look bigger than mine. Perhaps yours are just further away?

Yes, body dimensions are the same.

My favourite song today:

And now for something completely different ...

@tv1 Thanks. Must admit, this bass build is pretty solid, sounds amazng. Changing the neck pickup however to a Wilkinson humbucker, waiting for the part to arrive. The poles for this epiphone humbucke...

Attachment : 4FC6C415-6258-48DD-BFFC-2A77E291D2B4.jpeg A 25 inch and a 32 inch scale lenght Bandsmen.