Inspired by the finishing course and boo's latest creation I need to add some colour to my current build. So I've had a little experiment with water bsaed stains. The colours on my test piece looked a...

@boo I would depend on whether it’s a rotary or orbital. Cheap car buffers are normally orbital and crap. If it’s rotary, get it. Its a variable speed 600 to 3000 rpm. I might as well give it a try....

@darrenking There are some interesting insights into the insides of Semi Acoustic designs in that video. I also found it interesting that they shape what ultimately become several pairs of sides at on...

We all need to move to Scotland Damn - the "like" button seems to be disabled for that post @boo ???

I guess that being responsible for a 335, that has taken the factory two weeks to put together, flying across the workshop and landingon a concrete floor is something that that could come up at their ...

Hi Boo, That's good to know and I can almost hear your excitement level rising at the prospect of having a go! Here is a link that Mark sent me of the 335 Gibson factory. When you get to the bit where...

And at least they find out if the headstock is going to fall off. And the answer is ....yes, it is going to fall off! 🤣 🤣

He used to use the same polishing system as I still do (a hand held car buffer and liquid compounds). It works well but obviously but it can be a bit scary sometimes when the hand held machine (two ha...

Who the £&#* is Alice? I believe Carol asked that very question @Boo !!!

Hey Dave, no worries. If paper cannot slide in it. Should be ok. Next time around, what really helped me, Mark has a method on radiusing pre cut fret wires by hand. I tend to do that even when I my fr...

After last night ... (if you weren't there, you weren't there) 😉

Unfortunately I couldn't be any further away from Mark as I'm down on the south coast in the New Forest!!! Hmmmmm ... looks like you're going to be 7-and-a-bit hrs away. Which is co-incidental, bec...

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

My favourite song today:

Thanks Boo When my new bandsaw blades arrive (yes I know!!!) I can get on and make the mould... cheers Steve

Good point TV... I agree about how it would be fun to do it in a shared workshop environment and also to have an expert on hand!!! Unfortunately I couldn't be any further away from Mark as I'm down on...

@steveadams I should have been more precise/careful with my words! I'm about 40% of the way through watching the course. I thought I'd watch it all the way through first, and then decide whether I fe...

Mark keeps his in a special box by the side of his bed. Puts it on every morning. @tv101 ahhhhhhhhhhh, TMI dude 😆😆😆

Hey TV i may be rubbish at searching the forum...but have you uplaoded any pics etc..would love to see cheers Steve