@tv1010101 WEYHEY - Nice Turnips!! It was really 'The Team' that fixed it not me but I'm pretty sure the turnips helped... ?

Posted by: @markbailey @tv1010101 Can you try now and see what happens? Attachment : Turnip.jpg [edit] I'm no longer Spam!!!!! Thanks Mark, job done. 🙂

@tv1010101 Can you try now and see what happens?

@tv1010101 My bag of turnips is now empty - let's see if that worked?

@tv1010101 Arg. OK let me try the turnip method...

Posted by: @markbailey @tv1010101 Ahahaha!! Comment not held for moderation 🙂 I think it's fixed...sorry for the previous overly suspicious spam filter...THANKS for your patience ? Excellent - than...

@tv1010101 Ahahaha!! Comment not held for moderation 🙂 I think it's fixed...sorry for the previous overly suspicious spam filter...THANKS for your patience ?

I have too many guitars..said no one ever!?

Posted by: @ken_tentacles although I'm running out of space to keep them and I'm told there are other things I should be doing ☺ None of us have ever been told that, ever. ? And welcome ...

Morning all, I recently joined and I thought it was about time I introduced myself. I've been building guitar and bass projects for the past couple of years, mostly basses and always using recycled n...

No. The string tension will be identical unless you change the tuning or the scale length... Jol Danzig sets up a rig to test string tension: If proof were needed that @markbailey is ALWAYS RIGHT!

One more comment before I take a deep breath and move my drawings to the Design Your Own Guitar section. I’ve now read the Jim English ’Making a Laminated HollowBody Electric Guitar’ book and, with t...

Posted by: @frocesterbill They may well be aluminium (or an alloy containing aluminium) the gold on my first Bailey workshop build has worn off a bit but it was all I played for two years.....They do...

Posted by: @jamesbisset Does a tailpiece instead of a wraparound not soften the string tension? No. The string tension will be identical unless you change the tuning or the scale length...

They may well be aluminium (or an alloy containing aluminium) the gold on my first Bailey workshop build has worn off a bit but it was all I played for two years.....They do them in black........

@frocesterbill Thanks Bill. I do think that KISS is always a good principle. I’m just struggling to work out what I’ll actually be buying. Zinc? Aloominum? I do fancy a black bridge though. I reckon a...

Good discussion point actually. The success of the Gibson Juniors in a rock context was usually put down to the simple wraparound bridge bolted to a slab of mahogany. That was my starting point. It’s ...

I’ve got Wilkinson wrapovers on two of my guitars and they work really well - intonation is very good.

I’ve been tweaking the design, and researching the hardware. The Wilkinson wraparound seems to come in different metals and prices depending where you look - £25 for zinc according to axesrus.com but ...

This style of construction is definitely one of the most tricky...