@boo Thanks to you and @robin for your replies. I put it in the vice and gave it a bit of a wiggle, couldn’t see any evidence of the crack opening up, so I’m going to leave it for now. I’ll see if the...

Attachment : neck heel.jpg Spent the afternoon sanding the neck and noticed towards the end what appears to be a crack in the heel area. It may have been there all along or may have appeared as a ...

Nice one Neil, up to your usual very high standards!!

Welcome Benjamin, enjoy your guitar making journey. Mark’s courses are really easy to follow and give you confidence and your fellow forum members are ready with helpful advice, don’t be afraid to ask...

Robin, that sounds great, I’ve said before on these forums that Mens’ Sheds are a great place to get help and the use of equipment and I’m glad you’ve found a good one locally. You’ll also give them t...

Hi Robin, I’m no expert but without kiln drying, you’re probably looking at a couple of years for a big lump like that to dry. If you manage to get it cut into slabs, then drying time would be much re...

@liebe I think you’re being too modest!!😃 However, if it was luck.....stay lucky!!🤣😃👍🎸

All three of them look great Dan, you’ve obviously put a huge amount of work into getting the finish looking so good.👍😃🎸

Absolutely stunning!! Keep up the good work😃👍🎸

Nice one Clinton, love the body carve and the finish👍😃🎸

Great work Boo, your friend is a very lucky guy!!👍😃👍

Hi Emmanuel, sorry to hear that you’re having problems with your fretboard. Not quite clear on how the fretboard is warping, i.e. in which direction and if it is only the fretboard or the whole fretbo...

Thanks Dan, will see soon how well the Poplar behaves when I start routing the cavities. I’ve used London Plane before and it is generally easy to work with , so no great worries there.👍Ƕ...

Hi Y’All, Just thought I’d share some photos of my second build with you. Progress has been slow but I’m starting to gain some momentum 🤣🤣. The neck was done during my first build as m...

Nice work Neil, you’re a regular guitar making machine!!🤣🤣 Keep up the good work👍😃🎸

I admire your ability to do it all with a hand plane, I’d love to have that skill and confidence. I suppose I should just go and practice on some scrap wood until the learning curve is less steep!
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@nsj Had another go at it yesterday afternoon and I think I’m just about there, stopped before I scunnert myself of the job ( in my experience that’s when I go and do something wrong🤣🤣...

@nsj Thanks Neil, yeah a real pain, no kidding!! I guess I’ll just have to have another go at it this afternoon. I know that I’m close but not close enough🤣🤣 By the way, do you just s...

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...