@frocesterbill that was my thought but there’s no play in it, I’ve rushed a few decisions on this build and things haven’t always gone to plan, hence the paranoia!

If your neck pocket is tight then the neck will be in the same position so you should be able to drill bridge holes now - can't see it being a problem - only issue would be if the neck can wobble side...

As I need to apply the guitar finish before glueing the neck I’m not sure when to drill the holes for the bridge. Current thought is that I could dry clamp the neck in now and drill the bridge holes t...

I’m still trying to get a wood order from Belgium that I placed in November 2019 2019??? I would request a refund 😡

@koendb Brexit has made life difficult for guys like us. I’m still trying to get a wood order from Belgium that I placed in November 2019 for which I paid Belgian VAT and no doubt I will have to pay U...

Attachment : IMG_20210617_141820089.jpg Just received my copy today.. it is SO expensive now, especially since brexit

For anybody who's wondering whether to order this I'm going to say that not only does it contain a lot of useful information, but even if you never actually read it yourself it will make an excellent ...

@powerful Pints certainly do come tonight, after a long motorbike ride in the sun I’m ready for a few.

@rocknroller912 I doubt very much he'd go for an oil finish. He just commented he might want to go for the same colour as his AC Cobra replica, which I can see working. Attachment : steves_cobra...

@jonhodgson I think Bailey would be a good place to get a quote from. Mark has the best finish on any guitars I’ve seen and probably the longest lasting due to it being oil based.

Hi, This isn't for me (I want to try my hand at finishing my own) but a friend of mine has a Fender Jaguar that is now looking a bit worn and he just asked me if I had any idea what it would cost to r...

I would suggest the fretting hammer made by Summit and sold at Tonetech @mattbeels forgot to say, thanks for the recommendation it worked a treat 🙂

@tej Here is the link plus one on the knife it might be mentioned in both. Hope you have got Aldi out of your system, their advertising blurb is as infectious as Covid. Don’t be fooled again, ha...

You could still rescue your pliers if you have a good blow lamp by using the above process. @rocknroller912 got consigned to the tip with the Aldi doom router as they just chipped. Have you got a lin...

@tej You could still rescue your pliers if you have a good blow lamp by using the above process. Good practice. Watch Mark’s video.

@jonhodgson @rocknroller912 Thanks guys, appreciate the guidance, clearly need to take more care next time I do similar 🙂 It didn’t help only having access to a mini grinder as trying to get t...

@tej Jon is correct. Heating metal goes though colours - blue, yellow, red then white. Hardening is done by heating to cherry red then quenching in oil as Mark demonstrated on the live stream making a...

@tej sounds to me like you let the metal get too hot. Unless you're grinding HSS tools you need to make sure things don't get hot, if it changes colour then you've compromised the hardening.

@rocknroller912 so immediately the difference between the home ground ones I made and those is the metal on mine took on a sort of rainbow colouration, clearly not present on yours suggesting I did “s...

@tej These are my fret pullers that I mentioned earlier. Attachment : 519D7DD6-8277-472A-97B1-0732ECC96C09.jpeg