Hi Mark, thanks for rapid response! That is actually narrower than I thought and I can afford to leave a couple of mm more than this in the tenon and still have 10mm of body material on the treble side….   Read more»

Hi Eddie, As there is actually very little that would cause wear on the template I don’t think that this will be an issue. Each registration hole only gets used once per fretboard and I have taken the template off…   Read more»

@russ I want one! Where did you see this?

It’s a bass guitar player Jim, but not as we know it!! Level 42 were an absolutely fantastic band who are now barely heard of due to being a bit too ‘80’s’. I saw them at Hammersmith in December 1990…   Read more»

@tv101 I saw Norman playing with Wilko in Hertford shortly before Wilko’s near death/miraculous recovery phase. I have to say that I have never before left such an overall great gig with my main impression being how effing amazing the…   Read more»

Hi vertigo, You will find the most incredible support and encouragement here, and a very distinctive sense of humour! I think you’ll love it. Try to make the live streams as it’s a great way to get to know people…   Read more»

Hi James, Thank you for your comments, much appreciated. The width of the jig is 75mm but it hasn’t been designed for slotting one piece neck/fretboards. However, there might be a mod which would allow this. How thick is the…   Read more»

Hi Mark, I’d love to hear your thoughts. It’s one of those seemingly small details that actually has/needs a lot of thought behind it. No right or wrongs I think, just lots to consider. I have been designing a Grande…   Read more»

Hi Jason, Lowden Guitars have always been strong advocates of the pin-less bridge and George himself responded to the question of its advantages/disadvantages in a Lowden news group with the response below. Hope this helps. Darren   Regarding the design…   Read more»

Hi Boo,
Hope everything goes well today and I wish you a speedy recovery.
All the best
Darren

Hi Mark, I’ve done a bit of checking and evidently any mention of ‘coronavirus’, ‘covid 19’ or ‘pandemic’ can have your videos demonetised. You do mention the lock down and pandemic measures towards the end of the live stream (1.21.15)….   Read more»

Hi Simon, It really doesn’t look like maple to me, too soft too open grain. If you can lark it with you thumb nail it is maple! Much more likely to be softwood but hard to be definitive from a…   Read more»

You can run a guide bearing cutter on the edge of MDF as thin as 3mm or 4mm so it can be considerably easier to shape your master template from thin material and then make the thicker 12mm copies from…   Read more»

Ok folks, Here are the final scale length templates. The only other one is going to be a completely universal template for fretless bass models.

Please don’t say ‘Oh you’ve missed off the one…[Read more]

They may appear a bit long in the tooth but if you can find one in good condition, and they do come up regularly, then Elu are quite possibly the best routers ever made. Prior to being bought out by…   Read more»

@marcel awesome, but can he pat his head and rub his tummy at the same time?

Hi Boo, Thanks for the glowing review and for taking the time to post the video. It was really great and I’m pleased that you found the jig easy to use and robust enough for the job. I like the…   Read more»

Hi Pete, you’ll find a wealth of help and advice on here and if can sign up to Mark’s video courses you’ll find these incredibly useful too. There are no magic tricks, just very methodical, and easy to follow, teaching…   Read more»