Posted by: @tej Right, so I’ve fixed the screw and the electrics, turns out it was down to a bad earth connection where I had a glut of wires coming together. Decided to take everything out and rewir...

Posted by: @rocknroller912 Interesting point you made about paint being too wet and causing problems. Could this happened with a spray can if it’s not been shaken enough and the solvent/paint mix is ...

Posted by: @rocknroller912 Autocorrect is beating me again it was supposed to read un heated @rocknroller912 🤣 I know, I’m just being silly. 😉👍

Posted by: @rocknroller912 I’ve been working in an unseated garage for nearly 40 years so have learned everything the hard way. @rocknroller912 Surely you could just buy or make a stool or chair? &#...

Posted by: @rocknroller912 I don’t feel so bad now I know that even professional painters get crazy paving sometimes. It happened to me during the summer when I was giving my lathe a re spray. Had to...

Posted by: @bpower Very interesting. I'm not a painter but want to eventually do this sort of thing. I didn't even know this could happen. It is unfortunate but very helpful for someone like me to s...

Posted by: @russ Does anyone have any thoughts or advice about storing my power tools and hand tools in my shed over the winter months. All the power tools still have there original cases. There's n...

Posted by: @robin Is that you using an aerosol can, just like us amateurs do. @robin It’s not done me much good in this situation though. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: @robin Is that you using an aerosol can, just like us amateurs do. @robin It is, even the pros use rattle cans in certain situations. 😉👍

**FRYUP** 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Bacon and eggs with your fryup sir? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Even with the isolation paint the existing paint really doesn’t like this prime...

Here’s one for ya! I put some isolator paint over this repair as I thought I would try some different primer and could get a paint reaction. Quite a horrible mustard colour isn’t it? Attachment :...

Posted by: @marcel One of the songs we do with "Akoestische Heeren" (Acoustic Gentlemen) is Green River. Last week when we were jamming at the attic of guitar player Stijn we came up with this versio...

@russ you should definitely get an electrician to install power in your workshop, it will make life a lot easier. Using extension leads is ok for now but it’s such a pain.

@darrenking I don’t know Darren, I haven’t built one yet either. I would imagine it is all the same materials used as standard in guitar building. My Squire J Bass has a maple neck with a rosewood fre...

Posted by: @tej Mostly wondering if I need additional strength in the neck? @tej I don’t have anything to offer for a 7 string as of yet because I haven’t built one. However, all the guitar building...

@russ Wow! Big news and a big step forward. You’re getting closer Russ, it looks great. 👍

Posted by: @tej that’s a good system, annoyingly one that never occurred to me before! @tej Yeah it took me a while to figure it out. Ask me how I know. 🤣👍

@tej Also, like I said earlier, put a small amount of bees wax on the thread of each screw. Doing this lubricates and eases the action of putting the screw in, it helps take strain off the screw. If t...

Posted by: @tej Didn’t use power tools, just not used to hard woods and used an incompetently small pilot, clearly not the strongest of screws either mind 🙂 @tej My rule of thumb: whatever s...

Some more fancy back masking and it’s now ready for primer, again! Attachment : 1A592D98-FE62-499F-A348-EB693600061E.jpeg Attachment : 67D90A9A-7862-43B9-AD14-BD588BC8E6AF.jpeg Attac...