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The use of a drill press and hole saw is in the bolt on neck course. I did this process at the Bailey Workshop last year - works really well.

@deej Not sure who is running his site at present. Steve Rogers is overseeing the Wiki pages. I have some images. Warren Stanley has Eccleshall family blessing to continue with Hooky Basses. I have a...

I’m up for organising/hosting some kind of meet in the South East (North Hertfordshire). Also happy to do a bit of a factory tour/lunch whenever anyone may be passing through Letchworth. I’m just tryi...

I do have one observation though. I've noticed a tendency for people to start side conversations in the comments section which are off topic to what Mark is demonstrating which can be a bit distractin...

There are lots of edited videos on utube about all types of instrument making and they are great to watch. However none of them offer the opportunity to for live chat and have question/answer sessions...

Live streams have their own advantages that it would give a certain confidence to whoever is watching that there is Mark who is doing it on the spot, down to earth with all the mistakes that we all do...

PS - I like the sound of a low cost fretting jig too!

Gibson: 24.75 PRS: 25.00 Fender: 25.50 🙂

@eddie6string Hi Eddie, You’d need to stick a vacuum gauge on to it to check the level of vacuum it generates. Does it run? If it gets up to around 80% vacuum then this would certainly be ok for lamin...

@deej Sounds ideal! I popped in on the late Norman Reed who started the Totnes school of guitar making, a few times, but he was only teaching acoustic instruments at that time in 1980s.How short sight...

until lockdown and the live streams. These have helped get my mojo back and I’m hoping to get back into the garage/workshop and start building again very soon. The livestreams really do have the same...

@johnnierox-boo Have you lined the humbucker cavities with copper foil, or is that the colour of the wood. I haven't reached that stage, but I thought I'd only be lining the control cavity.

Life got on the way. Life got in the way!

@deej I want to get it all done and have strings on it tomorrow. I am curious to see if I can play any chords left handed, it will be like learning to play from scratch again.

I feel your pain Boo....how did it go? @deej I didn’t manage to get any guitar work done today unfortunately, I’ll sort it out tomorrow. Life got on the way.

Love all the drummer jokes I didn't realise they were jokes. I thought they were true life observations ...

Love all the drummer jokes. I used to have a boss at work whose favourite story was to boast about the time he sat in with John Mayalls Blues Breakers at a gig in Carlisle as the regular drummer took ...

It’s that time! Ahhhhhhhh......... Soldering! I’ve scuffed up some parts. Attachment : C2E93B5A-960A-47E4-A111-2B6797364257.jpeg Attachment : E4DF5123-7804-4EB9-958F-711D1ED7067F.jpeg ...

During lockdown a couple of friends asked me if I could make them a guitar each and we decided to use pallet wood and any other bits I had around the workshop. I showed them a few pictures of what are...