@russ Have you become non-binary now Tony? I am now #1 Tony. 😆 I hadn't really realised what a pita it was for people to tag each other here until I started having to type in @deej's and @...

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@frocesterbill What have you got to hide.... How long have you got??? 😉

What have you got to hide.... Usually when something is renamed it is to hide bad stuff - they do it with failing schools, bad Ofsted and Station Road Secondary School becomes The Rose Academy' - or W...

I was going to amend my username to theguitarbuildformerlyknownastv1010101 but that seemed a little long. So, it was either Susan, or tv101. 😉 So, who's next for a re-christening? I vote markbaile...

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OK, here we go, a Bandsman is being initiated. I'm gathering all of my jigs and templates and I've got a nice chunk of Poplar for the body. Attachment : IMG_20200929_113625.jpg Attachment : ...

I now have an mdf body template. Next job, neck template. I'm going to draw that out full size first. Is there any value in an extra length neck - so that the joint goes all the way through to the br...

My Bandsman build is underway ... I nicked 45mins from my working day today (IIRC, that used to be called "lunch time"). Printed the (a4) plans, stuck them together, cut out the shape, stuck to the md...

@bart-van-der-kemp let’s hope it is not a vintage Les Paul. I was more worried that it was a well played new one. If it’s just some old relic, then who’d care ... 😋

I get your point, let’s hope it is not a vintage Les Paul. But a refret is needed, those frets look like small strips. Good luck!

I've *never* done a refret on anything other than something cheap (and mine!), but I don't see how you could do a refret on that without removing at least some of the binding, and probably damaging ev...

@bart-van-der-kemp I was thinking about this. I still don't know the value of the guitar. If it's not a relic I will do the over hang and not bother with this. But if it is a relic then I don't want t...

I don’t think that you can keep the nibbles when you decide to refret. From every attempt you try to keep them will suffer your fretwork. Better get them off and make a nice frettang overhang. Then yo...

Hello guys! Soon I will be doing a refret on a Gibson Les Paul. It is with binding my question is how to keep the original nibbles on the fret ends Can you please walk me through the process. Thank yo...

I have enough problems playing the guitar, without trying to learn to play pedals too ...

This is why I love pedals. ✌️🎶🎸🙂

Kawai - also made synths - the K1.....

@tv101 They are nice guitars......and it is quite a unique Headstock for an electric guitar. Cheers, Russ. 🎶🎸🙏🙂

Kawaiguitars.com is my - very neglected - site.