Hi everyone, making a start to my second build and I’m prepping the two halves of the body blank prior to gluing. I’m pretty sure that the two surfaces to be joined need to be as flat as possible to a...

@curre Hi, you might be quicker to contact Mark or Carol directly on their email addresses mark@baileyguitars.co.uk carol@baileyguitars.co.uk They’re more likely to see an email than a post on the for...

@liebe Thanks for the link Dan, now I’ve looked I remember having a browse through the tops a while ago, memory not what it used to be!!🤣🤣

@liebe Great work Dan, you got a real production line going there!! Really like the woods you’re using for the tops, would like to know more about Mark and Carol’s discount tops bin (don’t see anythin...

Nice one Neil, I seem to remember reading about copper bodied guitars somewhere and thinking they looked pretty cool. Are you going to use a wooden centre block? It will be very interesting to hear wh...

@bjarni Hi Martin, Maybe you would be better asking those questions on the Build Your Own Electric Guitar forum to reach a wider audience. I must confess to using fretboards supplied by Mark for the t...

@bjarni Hi again Martin, you will have to register your account (user name, password etc.), log in and look for the courses, scroll down to “Awesome Guitar Making Courses” and hit “View Courses”, choo...

Hi Martin, welcome to the community 👍😃🎸 Sounds like you have followed a similar route as many of us into the crazy world of guitar making!! Be warned now, it is addictive, one ...

Hi Dan, Don’t know why it’s taken 2 weeks for your post to appear, bet you thought we were all ignoring you!!🤣🤣 Welcome to the forums, I’m sure you’ll find plenty of great advice here ...

@somethingnicer When you make the rough cut on the bandsaw, leave plenty of waste to be removed in the surface routing. Place the neck blank in the gig so that the rough cut slope is below the sloping...

@somethingnicer Hi again, ask all the questions you need to, better that than making mistakes, we’re all on a learning curve here!!😃 Mark’s dimensions for the gig, the side rails are 70mm tall...

Sorry, my last couple of posts yesterday haven’t appeared in this topic, I was having trouble logging in to my account and replied via the reply option in my email, guess that doesn’t work too well!!&...

Hi, there seems to be a wee bit of confusion here, so I’ll try to answer this question and your next one together 😃 The slot for the truss rod needs to be the same width as the truss rod, e.g....

@clinton Thanks for that, what you’ve said is pretty much as I expected and hoped. Just need to find some now!!😃 There’s one place I’ve seen it listed but currently out of stock. Thanks again....

@clinton I have been considering Poplar for my next build, I want something light for the body, and would be very interested to hear your opinions on working with it, sourcing it ( not sure where you’...

Welcome to the forums John, I’m sure you will find loads of useful advice here and, likewise, with your luthier group, you will be able to give us the benefit of your experiences. will look forward to...

Careful!! You could have your eye out with that headstock!!🤣🤣🤣 Fine work that man👍😃🎸

Welcome to the forums, I’m sure you will find the help and advice you need among the members and, with your experience, you’ll be able to share that with others. Look forward to seeing some of your wo...

@boo Wow Boo, thanks for all the info, chapter and verse right enough🤣🤣 You could get a job with those people as a salesman🤣🤣 Seriously though, I think we might give it...

@sogoslotvvip Thanks 👍😃🎸