Sounds like a great idea

One of the things I want to offer, and I think this would work quite well if Mark can supply the body (or neck) blanks, is to offer a bespoke machining service to guitar makers. This could be just be ...

@johnnierox-boo Hi John, sorry to hear that. No rush for the drawing, just whenever you get a chance. The walnut capping was a veneer log core which was about 9” in diameter. I bought a bunch of them ...

Hi Simon, According to the interweb: Boiled linseed oil in thin coats dries in a few days and can be put into moderate service. Boiled linseed oil does in thicker applications does not fully cure or h...

Iron Gear Alchemist and Rolling Mill it is then, thanks John. (are you sending me that drawing by the way?) On reflection, I am going for a three way toggle for this one to keep the wiring simple and ...

If you try to dry logs in the round you will end up with a big pile of firewood!! You have to get it cut into slabs otherwise the whole log will just be full of checks and splits. Find someone local w...

I'm having my own personal Newport Folk Festival moment, bought about by walking past a lump of 40mm thick Khaya every day for the last 4 months! Time to go electric! I found a plank of Claro walnut ...

The Maccaferri necks that I have made all have zero frets. I would definitely recommend a slightly higher fret (one size up) for the zero but also remove most or all of the tang and either glue it in ...

@robin And if the grain is running at an angle through the plank you can cut two pieces and glue them so that the grain forms a “V” on the end. Its all about trying to make sure the neck doesn’t have ...

@johnnierox-boo Thank you for taking the time to post such an interesting response and I agree about challenging accepted wisdoms(!) I am at the sharp end of some very deep seated guitar snobbery (not...

@robin Check the direction of the grain as you want the neck to be a close to quarter cut as possible ie the running perpendicular to the fret board. If your plank has the grain running across the boa...

@robin I’d give up sailing and cutting your grass ASAP if I were you! eBay is a great way to get rid of unwanted ‘ex-hobby’ items for when you need to make space for the things that really matter!!? ?

I’m hoping to be in the livestream schoolboy pit tomorrow and if anyone can come up with a Bagpress/vacuum joke that I haven’t heard before than I will gift them 50 hero points. You will have to come ...

@david-johnson09 In defence of drummers (and i do find the jokes funny BTW), in my now defunct village band, Brian the drummer, was by far the most accomplished musician amongst us and he was an absol...

@tv1010101 Hi TV1010101010011001, the first pic in the thread shows them coming off my laser clutter. They are actually remarkably strong given their 2mm MDF construction. Could be another website/eB...

@johnnierox-boo I’m curious as to how the softwood body affects the sound of the guitar. Traditional teaching would suggest that it may not be that great but who cares? What are they like in real life...

Hi John, No problem. Do you have the drawing as a PDF or only on paper? Either way its easy for me to do, the paper version just requires a little more time to scan and redraw. Either PM me with the a...

There have been numerous occasions when, if I had a blow torch to hand, things may have take a particularly bad turn!! I have learnt that it is useful to have something valueless and easily breakable ...

@tv1010101 YesTV, it’s nearly always you that does that!! ? The thing is, if you are concentrating on Mark then you don’t really see the comments (not sure about the new big on screen speech bubbles ...

I’m up for organising/hosting some kind of meet in the South East (North Hertfordshire). Also happy to do a bit of a factory tour/lunch whenever anyone may be passing through Letchworth. I’m just tryi...