I was getting some really loud buzzing recently when I plugged my lovely new bass ( into a Focusrite audio interface. Really annoying. I checked the wiring, turned lights on and off, adjusted variou...

Cheers @johnnierox Sorry for delay - Carol is 'on it' - expect email!

Hey guys! - great to be back in the workshop after a short break to go to a friends wedding... Day 1 - Four new students - Four new fretboards Always exciting to start a brand new course - this one is...

Thanks John, I love Jerry Rosa- been devouring his repair videos, and of course I seen his mandolin antler saddles 🙂 The idea of hemp particle board for a top sounds like an IKEA guitar... Go on and t...

Has anyone got any comments or advice on turning antlers into saddles and nuts? I can bring myself to salvage such materials from the wilderness. Or ebay.

Nice work ! Goes to show that you don't have to spend a fortune on wood to have excatly the same amount of fun ? Where did you get the offset heel plate? Maybe you could have carved the heel of the n...

Good catch- ? I find the flourescent lights above my benches have a similar effect...something to watch out for!

Mark, I have considered building a 3/4 size electric but the one thing I’m not sure of is finding a truss rod small enough. Is it easy to modify a normal one or can you buy them made to fit? Oh, perha...

Hey @Shambho - I would suggest that you make your own neck from scratch...it is easier than you might think! You can order a neck blank and fretboard from us and follow the instructions on my online c...

I'm building an 3/4 size sg like guitar. Iim struggling to find parts including neck!

Update on progress. I'm following the Benedetto book and have scaled down his design from 17" to 16" for my preference. Lots of drawing of the arching profiles and cutting them out of 3mm hardboard wa...

Looking forward to seeing pictures of your router jig! Cheers Mark. Bear with us...

I prefer method 2 as the fretboard will be attached to the same piece all the way along. In method 1 the fretboard can start to come loose near the nut - this is because it is glued to 'endgrain' in t...

Do you mean something like this? For less than £500 it looks pretty well made. I might put a call into Vectric and ask if they have post processors that will work with any of these little machines as...

Hi Mark If you are only going to use it most for cutting patterns I would think that it is going to be difficult to justify the costs and space it takes to have in house compared with simply subbing t...

Excellent ! For me it is not about making guitars faster - but better - or at least more accurately... Also I think I would use mine mostly for patterns not actual guitars - making templates is fun th...

Good morning, Relax! I think that we are a very long way from being able to 3D print an acceptable replica of a guitar by pressing a single button so chisels, planes and plasters are going to feature ...

As we are now 'living in the future' it seems crazy not to at least explore the world of CNC for the home guitar builder It is a subject I am becoming more interested in as time goes on...with the lat...

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Some progress here gang: Ben Crowe (Crimson guitars) at VintageToolShop.com is willing to make some of these chisels next week after NEC show they are attending. I said to admin Saffy on email that th...