Recently the forums seem to have hit a critical mass of activity where quite often messages have dropped out of the ‘recent posts’ window before I (and I suspect others) have read them. Is it possible...

Someone went and tipped some paint all over it . @tv1010101 That is a stunning build and a wonderful collection, impressive work.

Naturally, I got it home, and started with the mods @tv1010101 I’m glad it’s not just me that mods things all the time, I can’t seem to leave things alone.

@tv1010101 completely agree. I am planning on laminating (quelle surprise!!) a matching mahogany cover for the electric macca rather than using plastic.

You can understand why it's nearly all gone when you see that can't you? I know where there's a stash of it ... 😉

That is one beautiful piece of Rio!! You can understand why it's nearly all gone when you see that can't you?

And here are my Bailey-build-babes ( ? ) Attachment : DSC_3328.JPG Attachment : DSC_3320.JPG Attachment : DSC_3310.JPG There's a bit of guitar design and building evolution goin...

Looks great finished

Naturally, I got it home, and started with the mods ... I replaced the black plastic p'up rings with some metal ones, but that pushed the p'up a bit further down into the cavity, where there were a *l...

Someone went and tipped some paint all over it ... Attachment : IMG_0882.JPG Attachment : IMG_0886.JPG Now the fun bit Attachment : IMG_0893.JPG Attachment : IMG_0899.JPG ...

Attachment : IMG_0855.JPG Attachment : IMG_0853.JPG Attachment : IMG_0852.JPG Attachment : IMG_0858.JPG Attachment : IMG_0874.JPG Getting there now 🙂

Let's get carving ... Attachment : IMG_0770.JPG Attachment : IMG_0781.JPG Apparently, I'd missed a bit ... Attachment : IMG_0784.JPG Attachment : IMG_0786.JPG

Attachment : IMG_0750.JPG Have I shown you my trick with the clamps? (Impresses all the ladies) Attachment : IMG_0753.JPG

This piece of offcut is still my main sanding beam in my workshop (the flat side, obviously!). Waste not, etc ... Attachment : IMG_0727.JPG My, what a long neck you have ... Attachment : I...

WE FOUND IT ... Attachment : IMG_0711.JPG (That's the item in the StewMac catalogue that Mark hadn't bought yet. Looks like it's on the last page, so guessing he just hadn't read that page yet...

Let's start with a drawing. And a very long piece of wood ... Attachment : IMG_0708.JPG Attachment : IMG_0710.JPG My, my, my said Mr Wolf. What a nice big cavity you have.

After my first two visits (2007 & 2008 - documented elsewhere), I managed to home-build a few guitars. All relatively simple, but still very satisfying! Roll foward to 2012, and, after a particul...

Tried it with guitars and quite gratifying having different mindsets going in the creative process of the journey. @clinton Nice guitar builds. It is interesting taking on two builds at once, I did i...

@clinton I especially like the green monster! Very cool! It really suits the style of the guitar.

I’m really interested in the Tune-O-Matic (or any other product from Wallace and Grommet Ltd). Is it just wired in as a separate pick up or is it always paired with another? How acoustic does/can it a...