One more comment before I take a deep breath and move my drawings to the Design Your Own Guitar section. I’ve now read the Jim English ’Making a Laminated HollowBody Electric Guitar’ book and, with t...

Posted by: @frocesterbill They may well be aluminium (or an alloy containing aluminium) the gold on my first Bailey workshop build has worn off a bit but it was all I played for two years.....They do...

Posted by: @jamesbisset Does a tailpiece instead of a wraparound not soften the string tension? No. The string tension will be identical unless you change the tuning or the scale length...

They may well be aluminium (or an alloy containing aluminium) the gold on my first Bailey workshop build has worn off a bit but it was all I played for two years.....They do them in black........

@frocesterbill Thanks Bill. I do think that KISS is always a good principle. I’m just struggling to work out what I’ll actually be buying. Zinc? Aloominum? I do fancy a black bridge though. I reckon a...

Good discussion point actually. The success of the Gibson Juniors in a rock context was usually put down to the simple wraparound bridge bolted to a slab of mahogany. That was my starting point. It’s ...

I’ve got Wilkinson wrapovers on two of my guitars and they work really well - intonation is very good.

I’ve been tweaking the design, and researching the hardware. The Wilkinson wraparound seems to come in different metals and prices depending where you look - £25 for zinc according to axesrus.com but ...

This style of construction is definitely one of the most tricky...

@markbailey This might upset you: But yes, I see your point. And the p/u switch via the neck p/u opening? I scaled the ƒ holes while scaling down the Yamaha sketch. I might have to restore to origina...

Remeber that you would actually have to install the controll knobs thru the f-holes - that is why they are usually located fairly close to the opening. You might need small hands or a nimble friend wi...

The Yamaha AES 1500 has a body length of 535mm and lower bout width of 430mm, so I’ve scaled that down to match the dimensions of a poor abused Vox Tornado which I bought for £40 in Africa a lifetime ...

I built a couple of guitars in my youth, and assembled a couple of partcasters in my sensible years, but having discovered guitarmaking.co.uk, I’m itching to try a semi-acoustic. My current guitar is ...

I would vote for Archtop, 17 inch Bendetto style guitar

If proof were needed that @markbailey is ALWAYS RIGHT! Tell Carol that! hehehe - Cheers James!

About time @Russ get in the game. a Rabbit hole is waiting...

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All advice welcome. Just jump in! Mark’s courses are really well structured and easy to follow. And when you finish following them, you find - as if by magic - a finished guitar in your hands! Then ...

Posted by: @ Well Peeps the time has come for me to move on to the next stage of my guitar making revolution. After spending the last 3 months listening to all your advice on the forum and watching ...