Posted by: darrenking Hi, a little finishing trick that I have used for some years to fill annoying cracks or faults in show surfaces is the get some mitremate superglue and spray activator. Apply the...

I have had the same issue Darren. I tried to update my payment details and it wouldn’t accept them. I’m sure Mark will see this and get it sorted out. Welcome, by the way.

Merry Christmas to you all and Happy New Year. ???✌️

My masking tape tip is the superglue and masking tape trick. I use it for all kinds of things instead of using double sided tape, it really does work well. This is a video of Ben Crow explaining it.

Posted by: mark bailey More Masking Tape Magic! A simple trick that could save a lot of heartache... - Sometimes when you remove masking tape from wood it can lift some of the grain, damaging the surf...

Posted by: Carnivorous HERBivore Here's a great tip from my friend Andy Lines ( I've used this several times now and it saves so much frustration. Does your (maybe cheap or old) masking tape refuse to...

Posted by: mark bailey Posted by: John L Now I am the Master! Careful now... ? Hahaha....... I can’t believe you’ve only just seen this Mark! I am joking of course! ??

That sounds amazing Deej, I look forward to seeing more of your stuff.

They do sound great for inexpensive hotness!

Nice going, how long have you been doing it? I started building kit guitars (electric) about 5 years ago until I found Mark about 2 years ago. I made my first Bailey Bandsman and now my first Tele fr...

Posted by: Deej Be nice to see pics or a vid of the finished thing. Oh I will be. It would have been together by now if I hadn’t had a problem with the lacquer first time round. I should have it sor...

Posted by: Deej Posted by: John L Hello Deej, I’m in Lancashire too. I’ll go and check out your builds. Oreet....! From sunny Leyland..well rainy really? Yeah it’s P’ing here in Blackpool too, te...

Posted by: Deej Posted by: John L Wow! These are all beautiful guitars. My favourite is the Super Strat/Ibanez style one, that’s really grabbed me. I am on a natural progression towards something li...

Hmmm...... I don’t know about that one BERBivore, it’s one for the master.

Today I have flattened the lacquer down to P600 grade, I’ll probably finish with P800 before relacquering. I did the top and back today and got rid of most of the imperfections that I was worried abou...

I decided to cut up some pieces of an old credit card and use them to jam the ferrule block into the cavity, it works well. I’m going to relacquer the whole guitar first before permanently gluing the ...

Posted by: mark bailey moved ? Yes! It is now in the right place. ???✌️

Posted by: mark bailey Incidentally - This is why I highly recommend 'size for size' cutters and patterns for copy routing. Makes things A LOT easier... ? I have to admit I didn’t realise I would ...

Point taken. ?

Right, thanks for all that Mark and I’m not going to ask how you know. ? I think what I will do is string it up and see what happens when I put it through some rough playing. If it doesn’t affect the...