And a welcome from down south, in my shed in the rain.

@frocesterbill Pics pics pics! (and video!)

Alan popped round today bringing two lovely guitars with him - the Bandsman he built in Ayr and a stunning Les Paul build. Good to have a chat and plot more visits to Bailey’s. Hope we can get togethe...

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Hi just signed up. It was great fun building "The Phoenix" the week before last with Neil, Martin and Jim, who each built stunning guitars.. Photos to follow.

Inspired by Russ’ choice of Iron Butterfly ...

Posted by: @russ Epic.....if you can spare the time. I spared the time @russ, and glad that I did. That must have been a great time to be around if you loved music. So much genuinely new, never-he...

Posted by: @rocknroller912 Decided it’s my next song to learn now that live music has started again. What a laid-back performer @rocknroller912!

@tej I haven’t done a 7 string guitar but I have made two acoustic 8 string octave mandolas with a guitar scale length so it should be a reasonable comparison. I didn’t do anything extra to reinforce ...

Posted by: @boo Here is The Simpsons version (one of Bart’s pranks). 🤣🤣🤣🤣 One of my favourite Simpsons moments @boo. 🤣😁😂 🙏🎸&...

This is My Favourite Song For This Moment...... 🙂🎶🎸🙏

@boo Thanks I would like some help sourcing a decent gun so I will check the spec on my compressor and see what it’s output is. I don’t need a large one, smaller the better. Price is not a problem. Al...

Posted by: @boo Yeah I think if I just do a simple oil finish, I could do one in a week. That’d be something interesting to try. Perhaps we could have some sort of challenge amongst ourselves; “what...

@tv101 We should start a new thread - The Battle of the Builds

Posted by: @boo At some point in the near future, I want to make a guitar from start to finish as fast as I can and see what happens (staying safe too though). I’ll start with a baseline of 1 week; ...

Posted by: @marcel I have used a shim to adjust the neck angle a couple of times. I just put in a small strip of veneer in the back of the neck pocket. It's a matter of trying what the thickness of t...

@tv101 I think you have got the timelines fairly accurate. Woodwork is not that difficult but finishing is. I follow some professional restorers in the violin world and it often takes several attempts...

I’ve just binge-watched / read this thread as part of my catch-up. When I re-started reading, on page 4, I wondered how the thread had managed to get to 12 pages long. Things were looking good on p...

@boo I’m planning a 3 colour sunburst body sometime probably after the winter unless I can find a good way of heating my garage up to temperature, so I might need to pick your brains. I have yellow an...

@boo Your impact is very positive for sure. I had never heard of isolator paint before, although I’ve done a lot of wood finishing.