Final thought (it's a pain not being able to edit previous posts!) Oil is never going to give as hard and protective a finish as some other products. IF you paint (yuk) or lacquer a guitar, that'll g...

I've applied somewhere in the region of 15 thin coats 15????? That is way more - 3x or even 5x more - than I've ever needed to apply. It depends on the environment in which the guitar is left after...

I did notice during the build that the maple cap was easily marked and hoped that the finish would help toughen the surface. That's the first interesting comment. Maple, being a light coloured wood, ...

Hi Smurfy, there isn't really any finish, especially oil based, which is actually going to strengthen the surface or structure of the wood. If it is soft it will remain so, ask anyone who has made an ...

I used Liberon Finishing Oil on my home builds as recommended by Mark - you can do two or three coats a day - takes 5 or more coats to get a decent sheen - apply, wait for 10 and wipe off any excess, ...

It isn’t spalted maple is it?

Thanks John, I will give the Tru Oil a go. The Crimson guitar oil does seem to take a lot longer to cure than they suggest. If you put more than one coat on a day it starts to get really tacky and y...

I'm using Crimson guitar's finishing oil. @mrsmurfy I haven’t used this oil personally but I have a friend who has and he says it’s not good. Both of us have used other oils such as Danish Oil and T...

You have to blame the dealers......tempting you in with the free video stuff and then when you are hooked............ That's a very good point @frocesterbill IIRC, when I attended my first Bailey c...

I puzzled for a while about how to ground the "bridge" ... Attachment : 20200308_121042.jpg ... and I was quite chuffed with the solution Drill a hole into the centre of the bolt. Flood the hol...

A well as being rough & ready, and quick & dirty, I also aimed to build it using offcuts & spares that I had lying around the workshop. The body - American Ash - was cut out of the timber ...

This is something that I created in a couple of days earlier in the year. It was deliberately a quick & dirty build, no plans, no templates, just a get-on-with-it and have some fun trying stuff ou...

Another topic prompted by a comment / post / pic in another thread ... who's made a CBG? Let's see them here ....

Sorry I missed the live session, I had a family crisis. I’ll go and watch it now.

@markbailey Maybe something on the quality of tuners. I bought a cheap set for the bitsocaster that I assembled, the posts rattle about in their housings. The ones supplied in your kit are a world of...

Reminder set. I think you get reminders anyway, if you subscribe? I always get an alert just as the session is starting, from YT, and I've not used the set reminder option before.

@markbailey Reminder set!

@markbailey Maybe you could talk about what to use for nut lubrication (if needed), types of nut and tuners. I think some nuts have built in lube (Graphtech?) Locking tuners, vintage tuners and all in...

Could you guys head over to youtube and click 'set reminder'? - it would be interesting to see if it affect the number of views... @markbailey Yep, will do.

Could you guys head over to youtube and click 'set reminder'? - it would be interesting to see if it affect the number of views...