@tv101, I cook pretty well, and when it comes to driving so long as I actually get to the destination the most important aspect has been achieved equally well. it's the conflict of the builder in me v...

But I can't help thinking that Charlie Chandler (one of the world's best guitar techs and a pretty decent luthier to boot) and his Plek machine are half an hour away on a good day, and I'm never going...

I’m glad that other people have admitted they don’t like fret dressing, I hate it with a passion. In principle, I think I need to work on fret dressing as a skill for completeness and to save money. ...

For anyone who's not seen an email - Carol was unwell last night, so decided best to have an early night, and *not* to run Bliss to avoid passing on the bug to any of us. She's feeling better today. ...

I'll second that @deej. 🤘🏻

I’m glad that other people have admitted they don’t like fret dressing, I hate it with a passion. Particularly when re fretting and dressing near the body, trying not to mark the finish. I looked at t...

@cheesewhisk One tip I learned for handling small parts like dots, when doing jewellery making classes, is to use blue tack or similar for holding. My method now is small stick or dowel, blue tack, do...

@deej Hope you enjoy playing it. Your knife skills are noted as very impressive, looks like you’ve carved the Sunday joint a few times.

Ok ok the wait is over.. I don’t sound very excited as I was a little overwhelmed!!! Im over the moon 😍 Wahey! @deej. Enjoy. 🎸😁 🎸🎶🙂🙏

@boo It could be you have Indian ebony, which is similar to Indian rosewood on the Janka hardness scale, but it's very much the exception. I haven't tried working the Sundari yet, but in terms of appe...

Ok ok the wait is over.. I don’t sound very excited as I was a little overwhelmed!!! Im over the moon 😍

I'll watch it tomorrow. 😆

Thank you @markbailey (and Carol) what a lovely guitar. I will play her over the weekend and maybe post it...you don’t want to hear my rubbish playing though.

I'll watch it tomorrow. 🤣

Right back to work - laters 👋🏻

Right back to work ??????? It's Friday afternoon. You're off to the pub really, aren't you? (Note that I responded to your "unboxing" video within ONE minute of you posting it. I've been sat here, ...

Saying that, I'm loathe to use ebony because they are such an endangered species (the growth rate of the hard heartwood is incredibly slow) so if I want the ebony look I'll try Rocklite Ebano first. I...

I know not all wood is equal but would practising on say the off cuts of the mahogany neck be worth using? I don't have any spare rosewood lying around. I'd not dismiss having a go at that inlay on t...

Ebony is quite soft though, it can chip very easily I've always thought of Ebony as being quite a hard wood @Boo? Hence the susceptibility to chipping?

If you want to do fancy inlays, ebony is probably a better choice than rosewood, the bits you have to fill won't be as visible.