https://guitarmaking.co.uk/members/dave/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning dave. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:41:48 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 48ba1f47d7d7c89eea894892121b0dca https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/150789/ Sat, 14 Jan 2023 05:29:03 +0000 @dave You’ll see often that only one side is planed as a reference to which you have to plane the other sides plum and straight. So make sure that all surfaces are straight to begin with , but the bottom…   Read more»

]]> bbb145a03af44c689917de94858d4452 https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/150609/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 13:44:59 +0000 @dave Welcome to the forum. It’s true what Mark says on his course that getting wood flat and leave is the hardest part, so stick to buying fro people who are makers like Mark or David Dyke https://luthierssupplies.co.uk It will save…   Read more»

]]> 6954b0d02e6f63498991d013ddc3f022 https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/150563/ Mon, 09 Jan 2023 22:30:29 +0000 @dave In that case , go for it 🙂

]]> 1e88af8e097f2126851c644c2c4e4275 https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/150469/ Mon, 09 Jan 2023 09:56:10 +0000 @dave The thing is, usually, the more expensive neck blanks are the ones that are also easier to work with, because their reference edge is properly set, the surface is flat, so you don’t have to worry about flattening nor…   Read more»

]]> dcdc935eae7fb9ca4c72152da8363f58 https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/150403/ Sun, 08 Jan 2023 17:21:21 +0000 @dave If you just type in ‘tonewood’ in google, you’ll find  tons of suppliers. I bought wood via Ebay here and there and I am pretty happy with what I got so far. But I prefer to buy from other…   Read more»

]]> e62f4546a68f5e9dcd2c6f746b89c440 https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/150351/ Sun, 08 Jan 2023 12:56:43 +0000 Welcome @dave
The folks that @tv101 recommends are the usual goto places and of course here at Mark’s shop. You can sometimes stumble across someone local to yourself who might have some good pieces to use. 
Enjoy the ride.
🙏🎸🙂🎶

]]> 02138d54488f3f973aafb8d94f6363ed https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/150328/ Sun, 08 Jan 2023 10:59:25 +0000 Hi @dave  welcome to the group. Of the three necks I’ve made, the first was a plank of mahogany from a friends workshop, the second was maple from @markbailey and the third was laminated from the leftovers of the first…   Read more»

]]> c0b966d58bf4226443fae1149db98bbf https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/150308/ Sun, 08 Jan 2023 01:27:12 +0000 @dave – apologies, I should also have said “welcome to the forum”!
 
And show us what you’ve been building, we all like to see pics of others’ builds!

]]> 40db2396ab6d0cf171eb416d017fb294 https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/28262/ Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:43:46 +0000 @Dave, there is generally give or take 1/8 to 3/16 of an inch of meat underneath the truss rod after the the neck is carved. Bare that in mind on your next build. The weakest point is in between the…   Read more»

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