Posted by: mark bailey Blimey....... I wish..... And here I am in my 2x3 meter shed.... You were lucky! When I were a young whipper-snapper my first workshop was a double decker bus ? A 2x3 meter ...

Thanks Mike, I’ll look into that. I agree, every man needs a shed.

Hey Mike, I can only talk about the courses I’ve done so here goes. Since meeting Mark (online), I have completed the Design your own Guitar and Build your own Guitar (electric). I have not got to th...

That is looking great Mike. I need to do what you have done with the insulation, my garage is just cold and damp at the moment. I want to insulate it but I don’t know the first thing about products to...

Ive just found this video of a guy who repaired a broken headstock inserting two wooden splines through the neck and into the headstock. I thought it was interesting. Video:

I wish I could help you Herb but I don’t have any experience with any of these products. Is this a wipe on poly then? What make of poly do you use? I want to make a good wipe on poly and if I mix it ...

Yes I thought these would get knocked out on a CNC machine and I couldn’t think of a way to do it with a router. It’s not the end of the world, I would probably just route the whole cavity, certainly ...

This is great Mark, thanks. It isn’t essential but when routing out the top route, instead of routing the whole cavity, how could I do the “bear claw” route? How would I go about doing this? Here is ...

Ohhhhhhh....... I’ll email you and Carol. ?

Another suggestion I would like to see sometime would be how to do different neck profiles such as D, C etc. I can really see that this will be a skill in itself and may take some time to develop it a...

I’m planning a new build for 2019. This time something a little different from what I’ve been used to, an Ibanez Iceman type. I have plans, literally. Attachment : 1CB14804-5E28-4AD4-8A90-5894763...

I've just found this helpful video for rounding fret ends quickly into a ball-like shape. It’s for those builds that have some kind of binding on the fretboard and the fret slots don’t go all the way ...

I love the Theorbo Mark, are you going to make one? I wouldn’t mind making a normal sized lute one day in the distant future when my skills have developed. Is that something you could teach Mark? He...

Posted by: Carnivorous HERBivore Inlays - is something I haven't really attempted too... You took the words right out of my mouth Herb. To combine bindings with inlays looks stunning. I realise some ...

Posted by: Carnivorous HERBivore Well, selfishly I'm considering the following... a thru-neck "Strat" a carved top thin-line ES33x type a 000 acoustic (24.75 scale, 12th fret join) guidance would al...

Darren, that ebony back is going to look stunning when/if it has a high gloss on it.

Oh, there is something I wouldn’t mind learning. On any standard guitar such as an S type or T type with a laminated top, how do you do an elbow carve without going through the top? Is there a way of ...

Posted by: Edwin I would very much like that! Also a topic on tool maintainance, e.g. sharpening plane blades, chisels, saws, drill bits etc. And I would like that as well Edwin. Great idea. I’ve ne...

Hello Marcel, welcome to the forum. You paint a great picture of Scotland, Mark and Carol’s workshop and the guitars that you have built. I have never been to the workshop but I did the online course...

Right, I want to know everything! ? I would like to see a finishing course that explains and demonstrates different products. Measuring and cutting wood is a skill in itself and there is so much more ...