Very nice indeed @marcel much better top horn Design than the Warwick bass “knob” horn... Great design ?

Interesting to see a design that works for both bass and guitar though. I spent many hours with pencil and paper (and an eraser!) figuring out the shape of my bass. And many years later when I had st...

Just come across this for those in Europe

@tv1010101 The owner had varnished the back of the neck with ordinary polyurethane several years ago and he wanted it back to bare wood and re-sprayed. The varnish I had to scrape off was thicker then...

Another great session today - thanks again @markbailey. As well as always learning bits, I also finish the sessions re-enthused to get back out to my workshop to do some more bits (more on that in up...

The photo attached is remains of a FB I've recently removed from a 1978 Fender Stratocaster I've seen paint thicker than that!!

Someone asked the question how thick should a fretboard be. The photo attached is remains of a FB I've recently removed from a 1978 Fender Stratocaster. The owner asked me to do a re fret and said " I...

Pros & cons of different fret materials (ie stainless steel vs nickel etc). Pros & cons of different fret sizes (height & width). Why it's important to get the frets properly level & c...

Let us have your best Fretting Q's pls - Don't fret - puns also welcome...

Wow! This site is a template for making friends - I never expected that but it is true - thanks folks for all your kind words - it really makes it all worthwhile...Big Up the Guitar Making Revolutioni...

@johnnierox-boo Surely Mark is the template, making a whole clan of guitar makers in his image (or at least using most of his techniques and know-how). Anybody want to volunteer to be the bearing guid...

I've got a bit of time off so I'll catch you Live today. ????✌️

I'll be sat here, with my knife, watching. ? Jeezo! That is a bit scary... ?

Ahhh - that makes sense - the elongated top horn is very "bass-y"! Interesting to see a design that works for both bass and guitar though. ?

Yes, it's my own design based on the last two basses (which I designed) I made in the Bailey workshop.

About 5 years ago I made a guitar with a spalted maple top. I love spalted maple! Another guitar with swamp ash body, wenge fretboard, Seymour Duncan humbuckers and Grover tuners. Attachment : ima...

@darrenking I think I'll go with the hidden under the fretboard method as I haven't managed to make an invisible joint on anything else yet. And you're right, hit it hard enough and both styles will...

@robin I know that Mark is a strong advocate of the headstock joint and I'm not going to question his logic. I prefer the neck joint method because A. I prefer the look of the joint in the back in the...

No problem on this thread but I am trying to comment on Marcel's spalted maple guitar and "The Server' won't let me. I see that error message from time to time. Usually waiting a bit, or refresh the ...

@darrenking I notice that you have the scarf joint under the fretboard rather than on the headstock. I'm in two minds as to which method is best. I can see that with one method the joint is hidden un...