Hi Darren, Would love to have some advice on cnc software, im currently designing in fusion and exporting dxf sketches into carbide create and easel which are basic cam software packages, my machine ...

No worries always happy to help on bass stuff

Hi buddy, my average body thickness is 40mm, this one's alittle slimmer at 37mm

Names Robbie from Rim Custom Basses in the uk @rim-custom-basses Welcome to the forum and guitar making revolution. This is some fine work from you, it’s all very impressive. I haven’t built a bass y...

Hi Robbie, Cool looking guitars! I can't be all that far from you (I'm in Letchworth) so if you ever want to have a chat about CNC/CAD/Toolpath software etc please let me know. Happy to pass on any ex...

Well Funky!!! What's your average body thickness?

I love that bass designs are so much more adventurous and interesting than most guitar designs. Welcome @rim-custom-basses - look forward to seeing more of your work.

@rim-custom-basses Hi Robbie and welcome! That’s a crazy design that you have there and I really like your slotted headstock, cheers!

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Hi all, Names Robbie from Rim Custom Basses in the uk, (Bedfordshire) I've been making basses around 20 years now in my spare time and still loving it, looking to get my first bench top cnc machine th...

well... don't I feel foolish. I've been building my first guitar (acoustic because they rock). It is going awesome. The lessons are very easy to follow. The body is all together. About to start fittin...

@eddie6string I didn't know there is another instrument museum. I used to go to Bicester with work and always managed a free afternoon for a trip to Oxford. Don't think I will be there again.

Just down the road from the Ashmolean is the Music Instrument collection/museum - interesting place. They keep the instruments in playable condition. Many flim & TV companies hire their kit to be...

Edinburgh Univesity Collection of Historic Musical Instruments Reid Concert Hall Bristo Suare Teviot Place EH8 9AH @rocknroller912 This sounds really interesting, I’ll definitely have a trip there wh...

@robin Ive found the leaflet that I got last time. It's proper title is Edinburgh Univesity Collection of Historic Musical Instruments Reid Concert Hall Bristo Suare Teviot Place EH8 9AH tel 0131 6502...

@Rocknroller912 Museum of Antique Instruments in Edinburgh. I'm just along the road from Edinburgh, I must go and visit the museum sometime.

@markbailey I'll talk about this on tomorrows livestream... Thanks Mark, I'll be sure to be there.

@robin It will be interesting to have a discussion about different body sizes. Early guitars were much smaller than modern ones and it was regarded as a ladies instrument to play in the parlour. There...

Short answer: you can make the body any size you like... ..but.. I'll talk about this on tomorrows livestream...

@markbailey I'm not ready to build an acoustic yet, but I've started thinking about it and going through the lessons. I've downloaded the patterns and I see that the body size is the same as the shop ...