@russ Actually, I’ve just remembered that I got that file from Glued to Music and it is a Iwasaki Thanks for this link too @boo. 🎸🎶🙏🙂

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Brilliant, we need to club together and get Bradley vouchers for the guitar building course, he will learn the path to enlightenment.

Well this question was a dud! Soldier my arse...... the answer is clearly 'C' Bradley! Attachment : 20210802_220739.jpg

This is My Favourite Song For This Moment.....🪦 Lee "Scratch" Perry......A Beautifully Bonkers Soul. 🙏🎶🙂🎸

I have bought billets and purflings among other bits from David Dyke at Good quality and very helpful staff.

Agreed on the prep - I have a cheap planer thicknesser that can cope with half a body blank at a time so could take thicker wood, prepare two halves of the body, and get it joined then through my sand...

As an indication ... I bought a plank of 27mm thick maple last week. 8' long, 8.5" wide. It's a nice clean plank with only a couple of knots at one end. Of course, you always hope that cleaning it ...

Still, there is a special satisfaction to be had by undertaking the whole process. @darrenking thanks for the link, yeah I’m aware it likely won’t save a fortune but doing everything end to end is th...

I've bought some lovely timber from in the Midlands @darrenking. Thanks for this tip Darren. 👍 🙂🙏🎸🎶

That'd be an interesting project ... and for a man of your skills ...

Hi @rocknroller Thanks for the link. This company used to trade as Georgia Luthier and the first two guitars I built were from their Grand Symphony plans. I was very impressed by the amount of informa...

@darrenking I found this web site a while ago, it gives plans as digital download loads.

Hi guys, I’m fed up with filing 6 nut slots so have we got any acoustic bass builders out there who might be able to point me in the direction of good plans or just share with me some hints and tips? ...

@markbailey Nothing but warmth and respect wrapped up in oodles of appreciation for you, your situation and the hard work/output to date, that we continue to benefit from . People first!!!

My favourite song today:

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

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

Another little step forward, the waterslide decals are on the headstock now. Attachment : 20210830_175744.jpg

Welcome Higgins @irishwhiskeycoke. If you and DIY aren't mates then you came to the right spot. Mark has the courses super easy to follow for any skill level. Also... if you have any question/concerns...