Yesterday I took the sides of my guitar to a friend to thin them down on his thicknessing planer to as close to 2.2mm as we could. While we where at it, we also reduced the thickness of the fingerboar...

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@bpower looking real nice!

Posted by: @bpower while engaging a high level of pucker factor from the southern region Sounds sensible!

Looks good , great work men ...keep it up...

Posted by: @bpower @rocknroller912 I wasn't aware that, if they were set up correctly, that would help them sound better. 🙂 Setting up a banjo is very similar to setting up a guitar. But there's one...

@bpower Nice Work man!

@bpower Yeah I agree with @robin your chisel rack and work area looks so organised. Mine always starts out like that but slowly descends into chaos. 😜✊ It’s looking good, keep going.

@bpower All looking good, and you're so organised with your chisel rack there.

@tv101 When does it start. Sorry I should have read all,of your post not just the first bit. Multitasking of course, not my strong point.

Attachment : F43685DE-B0EC-42D0-9E63-CA6FB4198B1A.jpeg @tv101 Thanks I will give it a try. I’m just finishing a banjo repair and getting my dinner. Honestly the banjo wasn’t a wind up tv101

If I have time, I'll be there!

Hey Blissers @rocknroller912 @jamesbisset @koendb @russ @bpower (guess the times might be difficult for you) @anyoneleseIcantseerightnow As Carol is taking a little Bliss-break, SteeveeDee & I j...

@bpower thanks

Tidied up the headstock on sanded all around again and now it’s much better. Still needs final sanding etc but fitted to body it’s looking ok. I think the next job is fretboard kennelling and dot mark...

I haven't got the mandolin to repair yet, the owner is recovering from covid so I'll be keeping clear of him until he's better. But my daughter gave me her Daisy Rock guitar to fix up for her. It did...

Posted by: @boo need to concentrate more on my quality of build instead of just paintwork, I’ve been a bit obsessed with paints recently, I need to get back to woods and construction quality. Yes! T...

@koendb yes getting there but loads still to do. Going to spend tomorrow tidying around headstock and removing a couple of stubborn lumps. Thanks

@powerful That is looking really good! You are almost there! 🙂

Back of neck carved and sanded. Volute and heel carved and sanded also. Starting to look nice but further sanding required. Cheers Attachment : 62741728-82AF-4375-950C-90A49CF238BE.jpeg Atta...