when I see some of those 8+ string monstrosities the djent types like, often with no fretmarkers, I wonder how the hell they find their way around, I'd need GPS! @jonhodgson I’m not a big djent fan (...

This is My Favourite Song For This Moment....... days gone by. 🎶🙂🎸🙏

My favourite song today:

@jonhodgson Thanks Jonathan. It appears that Spain is the centre of the universe when it comes to tonewoods. In my searching I also found out about Maderas Barber from Valencia who I think may have so...

@russ @darrenking Taylor's partner in the Cameroon sawmill project is Madinter, who you can buy from. I just recently found out about this because of an interview with Ben Crowe on sustainability, app...

@darrenking. I've just finished reading it over Darren. Sounds like a good plan for sustainability. As with all these things, everyone involved has to feel they are benefiting or there will always be...

Here's the link to the report. @darrenking. Thanks for that Darren. We do need to find ways to make things sustainable in everything we do. I'll have a good read of it later. Got to get the balance r...

Here's the link to the report.

I'm not quite sure that they are any more ecologically sound...... Richlite, at least, is FSC certified. I'm not aware of there being much FSC ebony available anywhere and reading the report of Taylo...

They’re brave - letting students loose with an angle grinder on a course build!

@tv101, if you have a CNC machine, then fair enough.Crimson use theirs for their production line models, it's the one offs and student builds that use the angle grinder method. They're not unique in d...

Angle grinder! (seriously) Hmmmmm @jonhodgson - I think I'll try working with the CNC machine first! Though I can imagine it being the sort of approach that Crimson would use. Not criticising them a...

@boo You can get ones with holes in them which when they spin makes the disk almost transparent so you can see what you're doing. I haven't tried them myself yet, but I met a guy who'd used them on a ...

@boo The multiscale side of things you wouldn't even notice after a few minutes of playing, they really feel that natural. As for the extra strings, that's a bit more involved (I've not done it myself...

@boo I think the hundreds of thousands you have to pay to get a license to use Vanta Black (not to mention that it has some very special application method) probably makes how hard wearing it is rathe...

Now you just need a license to paint it in Vantablack

I know you’re going to paint it @boo but I was thinking that the mismatch of the grain on the headstock would seep through... but I guess that you know what you’re doing, right? 🤷🏼...

Then you have the Distortocaster, where they're used for a completely Attachment : distortocaster.jpg different reason, with a few extra visual cues they make the neck look like it's drooping....

@boo there are several reasons for fanned frets (also known as multiscale or compound scale). They vary between tonal and ergonomic. Tonally, scale length makes a difference, given the same gauges of ...

What is the reason for it? Good question!! I think the idea is that the bass response can be enhanced whilst retaining nice crisp trebles. Also, it looks cool and expensive!!