@markbailey 6 months ago I signed up for your build your own electric guitar course, drew some pictures, ordered some blanks and a fretboard from you, got a load of parts, changed my mind, changed the...

Later today, I should receive the honing guide and diamond sharpening stone, but in the meantime BPost delivered this : Attachment : IMG_20211015_143137145.jpg Unfortunately , it has the wrong...

Thanks to Carol and Mark for your help with this. Just a heads up here. Always use 1/4” cutter and not 6mm as it will be too tight and this happens. Cheers Attachment : 557062B0-2F0B-4A3F-9AE7-45B...

@wayne_f, @koendb, @robin, @boo, @Bpower Well, I'm enjoying the fact that you are working ahead of me..lol, it gives me some extra confidence to know that as we go, we hit little hiccups - like fillin...

@poco7 It all starts with a good plan 🙂 Have fun with your build. I like that idea of a tool library, We do have a few places that let you use tools , such as community workshops, but I haven't heard ...

Here's an overdue progress update video:

so do your own thing, in your own time, and just share with us as you go. Thanks @darrenking, wonderful message. I am very excited, but don't want to rush. I have to plan my workspace first. Then I c...

First coat of high build primer. Attachment : C720EB99-0101-4E5A-8A86-F82118C08CEB.jpeg Attachment : C2F0784D-A920-4135-9B27-986506A99DCA.jpeg Attachment : 9CB4DE34-4B69-4149-AA09-B...

@koendb I hope your build goes well. Planing by hand is tricky as one deep tear out can ruin a piece. I mostly use a scraper plane for thicknessing which takes longer but doesn’t tear.

Hi Whyte, Life’s other commitments are always a problem when it comes to something as complex as building a guitar. I have tended to commit whole, or half, days to it at the weekends, as interruptions...

Don’t over think it Boo, it took me 40 years to start building my first acoustic, once I did it took about 3 months to have it strung and playable. Anything you need I may be able to help you with. Ti...

Don’t over think it Boo, it took me 40 years to start building my first acoustic, once I did it took about 3 months to have it strung and playable. Anything you need I may be able to help you with. Ti...

This is the skim fill for those pinholes. I just need to sand it back with some 240 and then it’s time for some high build primer. Attachment : EE2B77B6-8BD0-4AEE-9702-A25EC0BBCD47.jpeg

It’s looking a bit better now, I’ve feathered out the paint around the repair and I just need to skim fill those tiny pinholes (final filler coat). Attachment : E9601E86-BF20-424E-9819-7D747E6C72...

I applied a second coat if filler (after sanding the first one back a bit) and sanded it fairly flat. I’ll probably get it spot on with the next filler coat. Attachment : 6C9CFFE8-C19C-4500-B970-...

Time for a little filler. I’m using a two component, lightweight filler that can be sanded within a few minutes of curing, which is about 10 mins. I first drilled a load of holes, only about 5mm deep,...

You've got all the bagpress toys. I think I need to befriend him. 🙂 @bpower He is a very nice chap, I’m sure he will be glad to help you out. @darrenking The guitar is looking awesome.... f...

A spot of routing. The Bagpress routing jig came in handy for this job. I had to add an extra piece of wood into the jig so the cutter bearing could ride along the bottom of the fretboard. It’s all co...

Today I played a guitar I built with my own hands. She’s far from finished, no cover plates and the nut isn’t even glued in yet, but I plugged her in and she played like nothing I’ve ever experienced....

Hey all. I signed up to the course last week and really looking forward to building my first guitar. Never done anything like this before - so there is lots to learn. Just need to remember to walk be...