I still get a buzz when carving a neck (only done 4 so far....) - almost didn't believe it first time when over a few minutes it went from 3 facets to a smooth curve. My Firebird neck is a bit chunki...

I love carving my own necks...very satisfying. It’s also good to experiment on different styles and “chunkyness”..

Hey TV!!!! We were in the same group! That's me next to Mark with the thinline Tele!!! I recognised that amazique top in a second....... Boy, did we have a great time...... Looking somewhat thinner i...

Posted by: @ is Mark wearing blue & black or gold & white ??

he must have worked most of the night Indeed. Never forgotten. ? He made a lot of smiles.

Billy was totally brilliant on my first course build - he must have worked most of the night to take my build and my mate Dave’s guitars at the end of our penultimate day and deliver mine with a satin...

Posted by: @ Yes - only need 6 clamps...... Rutlands changed the colour of their 4” clamps from blue to black - to clear they were doing 10 for £29.......

And that really was just 5 days. Quite how did Mark manage to oversee 4 "enthusiastic amateurs" building such brilliantly finished guitars, all completely different designs and materials, in 5 days? I...

Attachment : IMG_1613.JPG Attachment : IMG_1617.JPG Attachment : IMG_1624.JPG Attachment : IMG_1631.JPG Attachment : IMG_1637.JPG

Attachment : SSL20780.JPG

Onto Day 5 ... Attachment : SSL20729.JPG Attachment : SSL20767.JPG Looks like job pretty much done ...

Day 4. Surprisingly, that followed Day 3 back in 2008 ... Attachment : Day4_1.jpg The other thing about Amazique (apart from being heavy) is that it's hard. Very 'eavy. Very 'ard. Day 4 wa...

Day 3 ... Attachment : SSL20669.JPG Attachment : SSL20673.JPG I was using Iron Gear pickups back then. I've recently gone back to them too. In terms of value for money, I still reckon ...

Keeping a record of progress on courses is a good idea - on both of mine I sat down with my iPad at the end of a day and typed up what had happened - good to look back - that combined with lots of pic...

Day 2... Attachment : SSL20635.JPG Attachment : SSL20655.JPG That top is Amazique. Which is another word for bloody heavy. I chose it based on looks, rather than any other attribute. ...

Attachment : SSL20611.JPG That notebook got a lot of use during the week. Visit #1 proved that I *could* build a guitar! Visit #2 was all about understanding *how* to build a guitar, so that I co...

Fabio Capello was England manager (that went well). Liverpool was the European city of culture (obvs they nicked the award). Boris Johnson became mayor of London (whoops). Man Utd win the Premier Leag...

Worth watching stuff on YouTube to get some tips on winding - also on how to take what you have wound and make it into a pickup. I haven’t found much to explain how number of turns of wire, strength...

I always like to learn something new on each build. Often the "learn something new" is preceded by me ballsing something up, to which I then need to devise a cunning fix. And here's the whoopsie on th...

I was thinking option 1.