Hi everybody! My name is Marcel Besselink, I'm dutch and I live in a town just outside Amsterdam called Uithoorn. In 2004 I went to beautiful Ayrshire for the first time to build a guitar at the Baile...

OK Folks - hope the new year is treating you well! This year I'll be concentrating on adding more courses and content to the the site...there is so much I don't really know where to start so I'm askin...

This is sorted now - thanks for the heads up folks!

Thanks John - am on the case...

Hi Darren - Apologies - not sure what is going on there...I will ask the team...

Thanks to everyone here for sharing with us the joys and woes of guitar making as we hurtle towards the completion of another full revolution around the sun... Tonight I'm gonna party like its 1999 ? ...

Hi, a little finishing trick that I have used for some years to fill annoying cracks or faults in show surfaces is the get some mitremate superglue and spray activator. Apply the glue in the offending...

Hi there, I have recently registered and am trying to pay for Premium membership so that I can access the course material. When I try to pay by credit card the system tells me that my payment has been...

Happy Xmas folks!

Posted by: John I use low tack masking tape, is that ok? Yeah of course! But if you ever run out you know what to do ?

Yeh - I was waiting for this one 🙂 Useful if you have run out of Double Sided Tape! Cheers John...

More Masking Tape Magic! A simple trick that could save a lot of heartache... - Sometimes when you remove masking tape from wood it can lift some of the grain, damaging the surface. This is especially...

Here's a great tip from my friend Andy Lines ( I've used this several times now and it saves so much frustration. Does your (maybe cheap or old) masking tape refuse to come off the roll without tearin...

Funny you should mention sandpaper. I have a cheapie belt/disc sander that I use for loads of stuff. However, the disc needed replacing about a year ago, so it was acting more like a polishing disc. I...

Yes - I always tell folks its not the cheapest hobby in the world... eh? Also - You can 'acquire' stuff as you need it - don't have to get it all at once... But when you have all the tools then you ca...

Hi David (or Deej?) Many thanks for the welcome and apols for the delay in getting back. Having spent quite a bit of time in the shed 'getting things ready' and making the bits one needs, I have had t...

I'm taking your advice Mark and trying the easier solution and replacing the abalone dots. I think it's the answer. It also leaves the fingerboard clean and minimal but should fix the low-light playab...

You can try to drill them out first - worth a go...if, as you say, you are feeling lucky. ...but usually the easiest way to remove Abalone or Mother of Pearl dots is to break them up in the hole first...

In order to neatly remove the current 3mm abalone side dots should I attempt to accurately mark the centre with a "pokey thing" and hand drill the full 3mm or use a smaller drill bit and hack the rest...

the other technique, my favourite, is to play it again and glare at the rest of the band... hey, that's jazz for ya!