@tv101 Congratulations on your successful electronic build, it was a good decision to avoid the bang. Back in my working days I inadvertently put 240v AC into the 24v DC circuit of a control system w...

Attachment : 20230815_170418.jpg Well, there's a funny thing. I switched it on (still no bang), the little light on the front shone brightly and the valves slowly built up a nice amber glow. Plu...

8. The trickier bit. Wiring in the front panel controls. Doing this when the board is already full of components, and mounted in the chassis, means poking a soldering iron around in some fairly tig...

5. Now let's plug it in and wait for the bang. Attachment : 20230812_121138.jpg (there was no bang, so there's more to come ...) 6. In the absence of bangs, keep on with the right bits, rig...

That was where we started, a few days ago. Since when I've been busy, wielding a hot soldering iron (when I remember to switch it on) and inhaling those lovely solder fumes ... 1. Bare Chassis. A...

OK, so not exactly *bored* of building guitars, but time for something a little different ... Attachment : 20230808_111842.jpg Attachment : 20230808_122639.jpg Can you see what it is...

Attachment : PXL_20230216_115948488.jpg Next, I glued on the X-brace and the Upper Bout braces. 🙂🎶🎸🙏

@bpower Actually Sir, I owe you an apology...... I saw a ridiculously priced Martin soprano uke today and indeed..... the fretboard didn't stop just after the 12th fret body join but continued up to ...

Thanks Mark, Now that I've cut out the sound hole I'd struggle to cut a perfectly concentric groove so I'll probably just live with it .......I don't even want a bloody ukelele anyway! 🤣

🤔 If you want to make it look perfect you can route out the offending ring with a slightly wider slot and then inlay something extra wide (2bwb or bwbwb or a wooden strip) or take your own bes...

I think that because the fretboard meets the soundboard around the 12th fret that by the time the fretboard was lengthened to cover the offending article the frets would be just for decoration......mi...

Hello folks, I'm trying to make a little soprano ukelele from bits of wood left over from other projects Attachment : 20230724_204045.jpg and thought I'd craft a rosette from a ring of rosewood...

@james-chacewatergmail-com-2 I haven't made a rosette myself yet, so I not talking from experience. But in hindsight, I'm wondering if you had staggered the black/white/black joints would that avoid ...

Thanks Russ, I think that if I tried that I'd just dig myself further into the deep do do 🤣 I reckon I'll just live with it, learn from it and as Mr Bailey once said.....mistakes like that j...

@nsj. Very Nice work Neil. Is there a wee video coming? 🎸🙂🎶🙏

Well I got there in the end, plays really nice, looks really nice and sounds really nice. I'll call that a win. Attachment : 20230727_195323-01.jpeg Attachment : 20230727_195333-01.jpeg ...

Build more, worry less. That's my motto lol. Seriously though, I'd only be concerned if I was shipping it elsewhere in the world with extreme temps. Out of the 14 guitars I've built I've only had on...

Just a few days @Russ - it's possible that another member of this little forum might be there also 😉 I've been told that Ayrshire in August is the best time to visit. Shouldn't be too hot. Nor too...

Are you going on a workshop @tv101? Very jealous. 🙂🎸🎶🙏

It's a large chunk of mahogany, dimensions 53" x 4" x 3". Or 1340 x 100 x 75 in new mmoney. It's quite weighty. Pictured with a couple of G-style blanks for comparison. I've had it for a while, wi...