Well I’m glad the be your “friend”...Virtual or otherwise...did I mention it’s my birthday in a couple of weeks... ? Seriously though great work again. You have a tasteful eye on shape and selection ...

I liked the sound of the fretless bass I had made very much so I decided to make a bass with the same type of pickup (Seymour Duncan SMB 4a). But with other woods. Ash body with a myrtle top, maple (s...

@marcel One of my mates has a lovely Gretchen 30” baritone guitar and it sounds awesome..I also think schecter used to do a 30”... yeah the longer scales for bass where for a couple of guys who play 6...

The person who I bought my “raw” bodies & necks from makes guitars for a couple of fairly top end (£3k+) brands. Sometimes he’d get something part made and then a fault would emerge (eg ugly mark ...

@deej I’ve used stain and oi Which stains / oils? I’ve been using Crimson’s stains exclusively for a few years now, and not had that issue. Though I have learned *not* to wet oil a stained body.

@jmcmi93888 I would say it’s worked very well. I started like that with no fancy tools and violin callipers which are not long enough to reach the middle, so it was a guess on thickness.

Hi Rocknroller. Without all the right modern piller drills and cnc stuff I had to think of another way to "carve" the plates. The spikey ball technique worked exceptionally well on the "Thistle 2 arch...

@jmcmi93888 Remarkable progress considering what you started with. One quick method for hollowing is to drill holes inside with a depth stop on the drill, then rough out till the hole marks disappear....

@jmcmi93888 That looks really good! Keep going 🙂

Attachment : outsidesdone.jpg That is the outsides of the plates rough planed to the profile lines. quite happy with the results but can't finish the neck area of the top plate until I get the mor...

@clinton And that's what it's all about. That smile, the OMGs, that makes it all worthwhile. Nice work sir.

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Update modification. Recessed the Mudbucker and changed the bridge pickup to Wilkinson humbucker and changed tuning pegs to Wolkinson gears. Solid! Loving this bass. Shipping it off to my happy and ex...

@tv101 Thought of you as soon as I spotted this Attachment : 8DD16D9D-F64C-4ECA-B010-817E7D3AD146.jpeg

Posted by: @clinton When there is a will, there is a way! Where there's a will there a lot of relatives.

I have used a shim to adjust the neck angle a couple of times. I just put in a small strip of veneer in the back of the neck pocket. It's a matter of trying what the thickness of the veneer must be to...

My favourite song today:

When there is a will, there is a way! So happy for you @Russ. Ample space, top job on the workbenches. In due time you will make it truly your own and building your art. Just make sure to make time al...

Stuck in the house after tripping over a pot hole and injuring my hand and found this . Decided it’s my next song to learn now that live music has started again.

@tej People don’t say that to me very often