@cheesewhisk Well I'm 21% through the 'Build Your Own Electric Guitar' course and I'm beginning to agree with you, and I only started at tea time Be careful though, its very addictive. Iv'e not fini...

I was contemplating a tele Teles are often said to be the easiest place to start. But that’s wrong. The easiest place to start is with one of Mark’s courses!

Hi Gareth, Once you've got the lump of wood then, as Arthur Daley would say, the world's your lobster! Go through Mark's design your own guitar course and come up with something completely original. N...

Hello Edinburgh and welcome to the club! By the outline on your blank you may well be asking the same question as me regarding neck tenon width in the very near future! Good luck and try to catch the ...

Hi Gareth I'm not far from you here in Polmont. I'm getting near the end of my first build, iv'e been following Mark's instructions, he makes it easy(ish). I'm not saying you can't go wrong, but iv'e ...

OK GAreth - I'm On IT!

That is correct for the placement of the bridge - but I would rotate it 180 degrees. Most people think the screws face the back, but if you look at the saddles they are meant to go the other way round...

If I understand this right I would say it looks right to me. I don't think it actually matters that the hole will be drilled in the intonation line as long as the string take off is on the intonation ...

@cheesewhisk On my first build I used a bridge and tail piece like you have there and had the very same doubts. I drilled and fitted the tailpiece and strung it up with the bridge just sat in position...

Hey @c-cap welcome to the forum, you are going to enjoy learning how to build guitars. I started with the set neck method in Mark’s online course and then applied a lot of the stuff I learned to then ...

Hi @c-cap. Welcome to the forum of our wonderful community! My first scratch build was also a telecaster. So go ahead, it is not harder to build. In my opinion, you should go for a bolt on in that cas...

Stop hovering and take the plunge. 😁👍

Yeah, I’ve got a Mirka sander too, it’s the air version. I plug it into my airline (from the compressor), attach my extraction from the shop vac and use different grades of Abranet and Abralon discs. ...

It is very good - only had mine for about a year and haven’t used it lots but it does work really well.

I've been hovering over the button for a while now @cheesewhisk. Still saving the pennies to get one but hopefully one day. It'll come in handy for loads of other jobs too. 🙏🎸ὤ...

This is what Mark recommended to me and what I used on my acoustic build. Well happy with it. Alternatively if you contact Nark and Carol they may ge able to supply you with pre bent fretwire if that...

Noob question and yes I could google it but I’m here and I trust you guys. is it flat side up? Attachment : DBAD001B-DE8E-468A-9A18-271DD5481A22.jpeg

I bought a GraphTech Tusq nut from Northwest Guitars, it's about 43.5mm wide and 9.5mm high at the fat E string. Haven't fitted it yet but looks like it should do the job. I also bought fret wire from...

Hmm, what scale lenght are you doing? 25 inch? The plans are laid out for the last fret whether it is 22-24. There really is no rule where pick ups go or where the neck meets the body and this design ...

The same applies tegardless of how many frets you use. This one is still 25inch scale lenght but with 24 frets. Only difference is now the fretboard/neck is pushed in more into the body due to the add...