Try putting just a little more tension on the rod to see if that stops the rattling - a tensioned rod should not rattle - maybe it is just loose?

I have one build one the go for a birthday present for friend. I’m a lot tighter that @marcel on the gift front....to be fair he’d seen the red number plate build above and wanted that..I’ve already ...

Nice @TV1010101. These are the ones I still have Attachment : 69485A1C-E0A9-4B89-87B1-C0DD4F07583E.jpeg Attachment : 0E2D25C7-3725-4ADE-88D8-5BA820D37571.jpeg Attachment : F8382C41-A...

This is something that I created in a couple of days earlier in the year. It was deliberately a quick & dirty build, no plans, no templates, just a get-on-with-it and have some fun trying stuff ou...

.I have a few dotted around at friends... That gives me an idea ... You build some, send them to me. "They're not mine, they're Deej's". I build some, send them to you. "They're not mine, they're t...

You can get a pretty good one on Amazon for less than £20 and if you are getting involved with anything electrical it’ll change you life!

@clinton Ebony doesn't usually respond well to normal planes as it chips and tears very easily. Sanding or scrapers/scraper planes which have a vertical blade are usually needed. Although it's a hard ...

Just spotted this post @clinton.....everyone’s always finniting....it never stops.

@clinton I’ve been finniting this neck today, spent ages on it. Attachment : 850F83CD-CDDC-45DE-B56C-E65C87AEA433.jpeg Attachment : 73F3B714-C885-46E1-9A2E-0181A8D6292C.jpeg Attachme...

Hey Folks - Heads up. As part of our 5000 sub celebrationaries (WOOP!) - this week we'll all be getting...drum roll pls... New superfast dedicated host for The Guitar Making Academy! Yawn... OK might ...

@clinton Great builds. I particularly like the green hollowbody. Very nice indeed.

@clinton I especially like the green monster! Very cool! It really suits the style of the guitar.

I have built 4 basses at the Bailey workshop and 11 at home. So far.

The third bass I made at the Bailey workshop was a fretless one. I put on flat wound strings to give it the woody sound of a double bass. But after some time I changed them again to round wounds for a...

It’s been a while since I saw the first guitar (no cigar box guitar) I ever made using the online build your own electric guitar course here at guitarmaking.co.uk It still looks and plays great and th...

And here are my Bailey-build-babes ( ? ) Attachment : DSC_3328.JPG Attachment : DSC_3320.JPG Attachment : DSC_3310.JPG There's a bit of guitar design and building evolution goin...

My first (and until now last) attempt to put some color on a guitar. Stained it cherry red and spayed it with a spraying can. Attachment : image.png Attachment : image.png Attachmen...

@johnnierox-boo I did something similar (though for a completely different reason) on another build ... Attachment : 20150307_152458.jpg Attachment : 20150307_152537.jpg ... though, beca...

And now, as if by magic, no exposed and visible neck join!! Attachment : 20200823_115733.jpg

Onto Day 5 ... Attachment : SSL20729.JPG Attachment : SSL20767.JPG Looks like job pretty much done ...