Run tests on your offcuts. My Firebird is only oiled but the Maple looks brilliant - looked ordinary before the oil.

Hello. My first attempt at guitar building. I am ready to put a finish on it but I am a touch confused with all these different methods out there. I am after a matte natural looking finish with the fl...

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 couple ...

hello i have this piece of wood and not sure if it is maple. i think that it may be some kind of pine but not the same colour or full of knots. this has a few knots but not the same. Attachment : ...

Hey @deej how are you doing? Are you getting much time for guitar building at the moment? I’m not, I’m decorating the house.

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Woop!! Banjo jokes! Now let the flood gates open.... Q: What do you do if you see a banjo player drowning? A: Throw him his banjo

What's the difference between a banjo and an onion? Nobody cries when you chop up a banjo!

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.....How many Luthiers does it take to change a lightbulb?…..…..…......... Only one Luthier - but it will take at least two days by the time he has built the jigs and made the patterns to do the job.....

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Thats funny coz its true! Those folks who want to keep everything secret probably aren't worth listening to anyway as they often don't know what they are talking about...In my experience the best ones...

Hello Peeps, As you all know Mark describes himself as a Guitar Maker and NOT a Luthier so I thought it was safe enough to tell my Luthier Joke...... .....How many Luthiers does it take to change a li...

I've never made a guitar with a trem (not even a fretless bass with one) but a couple of years ago, surfing the waves of the internet I came across the Stetsbar. Never seen anyone playing a guitar wit...

Posted by: @ I do like the look of that Marcel. 🎸🙂🎶🙏

I've never made a guitar with a trem (not even a fretless bass with one) but a couple of years ago, surfing the waves of the internet I came across the Stetsbar. Never seen anyone playing a guitar wit...

I managed about 15mins of today’s session before I got called into another 90min VC session. 😢 And I’ve just - it’s 1930! - finished my day’s work. 😢😢😢 At least I’m...