New superfast dedicated host for The Guitar Making Academy Great news Mark!! 🙂 we are advised to start using IMGUR to embed pics Imgur is - IMHO - probably the best of the currently-free web host...

I look forward to the new and improved guitarmaking.co.uk forum. I, sure the gang her will test it thoroughly and let you know if there are issues...

@eddie6string Hi Eddie, You’d need to stick a vacuum gauge on to it to check the level of vacuum it generates. Does it run? If it gets up to around 80% vacuum then this would certainly be ok for lamin...

until lockdown and the live streams. These have helped get my mojo back and I’m hoping to get back into the garage/workshop and start building again very soon. The livestreams really do have the same...

@deej Sounds ideal! I popped in on the late Norman Reed who started the Totnes school of guitar making, a few times, but he was only teaching acoustic instruments at that time in 1980s.How short sight...

I have been playing guitar (badly) for quite a number of years, playing in a number of bands and started building CBG’s (cigar box guitars) a few years back for a bit of fun. About 5 years ago my daug...

@robin Ha, my wife Cal, is (a) Carol!

Welcome @mezy - this place is slightly dangerous and very addictive.....

@mezy sorry it was rude of me....I didn’t say welcome...welcome. i hope you enjoy the madness?

PS - I like the sound of a low cost fretting jig too!

Gibson: 24.75 PRS: 25.00 Fender: 25.50 🙂

Hi peeps, Just a quick question regarding the most popular scale lengths for acoustic, electric and bass guitars. What are the most popular scale lengths for acoustic, electric and bass guitars? The r...

@tv1010101 yes all drummer jokes are true stories

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Love all the drummer jokes I didn't realise they were jokes. I thought they were true life observations ...

Love all the drummer jokes. I used to have a boss at work whose favourite story was to boast about the time he sat in with John Mayalls Blues Breakers at a gig in Carlisle as the regular drummer took ...

Thank you John. Don't know why it took me so long to start making this one.

The mother of all basses is the Precision bass. About 3 years ago I made one. Alder body, flamed maple top, maple neck with a pau ferro fretboard. Attachment : image.png The pickup is a Seymour...

@tv1010101 If you'd routing the channels *after* you've carved the top, then the challenge will be keeping the router base perpendicular to the channel. The top will be carved, so you can't just run...

@jamesbisset Simple Dremel router base. It's not precision engineered like the StewMac one (appears to be), but it's done the job that I've needed it to. Attachment : 20200914_124852.jpg ...