Ya big soppy sod Eddie... but who can blame you? Hope you have many happy years together and, if Carol is still encouraging your guitar building, and she’s happy to allocate storage space, I’d suggest...

Sorry to mess up the format somewhat, but I would never of had a chance/campaign to restart 'Electric Lady Guitars' without the uncompromising support of my Cal. Today is 4yrs and counting with my fa...

Strange that the video was not available for you. Can you see this clip of the same song? I can see that @Marcel 👍 Having listened to it, I'm not sure which version I prefer though ...

The rosette is rather fun

@BooThe Phil McKnight one could so easily have been tacky and gaudy if they'd overdone any element (glitter paint and gold leaf sounds like something Elvis would have played in his Vegas days, probabl...

Thanks Robin that's a massive help! Much appreciated! Let us know if that works for you.

A thick flake coating would probably not be a great idea for the top (might work fine for the sides though, Ovation have made theirs out of composites for decades after all), but I wonder if a light c...

Those acoustic Explorer and V’s are made in Germany (where else?) by Boris Dommenget Custom Guitars. They ain’t cheap either! I saw him years ago at the first Holy Grail Guitar Show in Berlin, I didn’...

Attachment : image.png Being serious - briefly - I'm guessing that the silver sparkly paint, or any paint, on the soundboard of an acoustic would suppress the vibration of the soundboard and so de...

@Boo - there you go, just imagine that explorer with a tasteful flip-flop sparkly paint job ... Preferably, just imagine it. Don't actually do it. 😉

My exchange with boolean universe on the live stream today brought up these two guitars which he asked for links to This is the Phil McKnight sparkly guitar And this is the explorer acoustic (with a...

That is a *very* neat way of doing it. Neat, and precise. It's like a proper engineering solution! I guess the problem is "drill bit wander" - ie the bits don't drill through perfectly perpendicular...

String Ferrules. This is how I do it. Works well as long as the body lenght clears the throat of your drill press. Any suggestions otherwise would be greatly appreciated. Attachment : IMG_3686.MO...

Hi Steve Your build looks very good! My Bailey Acoustic Kit is sat in the workshop - I am just waiting for the weather to improve a bit and then I will get started....... I must work through the Acous...

My friend has a laser cutter Hi Steve, the build looks great and I'm pleased that you found the Fiddes oil a nice product to use. If your mate has got a laser cutter then you could also do some marqu...

I think you might be mistaking Boo or I for your wife Having seen you both, let me assure you (both) that there's not too much danger of that! 🤣 Actually, we (my wife and I) used to have a ...

Or for every 10 guitars I got, she was allowed another dog It's the first time I've heard of a guitar maker having to move to a house with a bigger kennel! 🤣 🤣

Any day now my Bailey acoustic kit will arrive....am v excited... I'm going to be very interested to see how you get on with that. Did you get the sides pre-bent, or are you tackling that yourself? ...

Hey TV Any day now my Bailey acoustic kit will arrive....am v excited... My friend has a laser cutter and we did some tests, it cuts and burns the wood very slightly, the black of the letters is from ...

first set neck, first of many I hope Once you've started, it's difficult to stop ... I mean, you've got the tools now, and the skills, and the ideas for the next one, and the one after that, and the...