I can't see what's wrong with it James.....but I guess I'm new to all of this. Cheers, Russ

Hi James Cant you clamp a template over the soundboard with a circular hole in it and rout the old rosette out with a bearing guided cutter? You wouldn't even need to go the full depth, just enough to...

I kind of like the way it looks...rustic...a bit cartoony...you could charge extra for that ? Rosette Fix: Make a plug that fits tight into the soundhole so you can re-do the inside and outside circle...

So if you can recycle a top to make a uke or travel guitar....... can you recycle the back and sides too? Is it possible to rebend guitar sides into smaller instruments?

I do like the recycling ideas, Mark, especially using the top for a bike. Trouble is it's attached to a back and sides. Don't suppose they can be saved and have a new soundboard grafted on? ? Sod it....

et up payments...sometimes there are advantages of being able to do this stuff! But what will you drink tomorrow? My head is still a little sensitive after last night's Bliss - don't normally drink (...

Thanks @bart-van-der-kemp, I'll have a look on you tube for him. I like seeing different ways of doing things. I've been using the glue to fill the gaps under the fret tangs and sanding/polish up so I...

I have built 4 basses at the Bailey workshop and 11 at home. So far.

How many guitars/basses have you built Marcel? I'm getting the impression that it's quite a big number ...

That's a good Q @darrenking. I'll have to think about that!!

@darrenking The purpose is to allow pickups to be mounted directly to the body (into the bottom of the pickup cavity) rather than into a pickup mounting ring which is then attached to the body. I'm no...

The third bass I made at the Bailey workshop was a fretless one. I put on flat wound strings to give it the woody sound of a double bass. But after some time I changed them again to round wounds for a...

Thanks @david-johnson09, I'm totally looking forward to a 335 course too! That's 75% of the places sold - and @markbailey hasn't even prepared the course yet ... ?

I think I'd like to join in on a workshop course and build an acoustic, when Mark's allowed to have students in again.

To be fair, Mark is quite a long way from most places. For me it's only 445 miles. Luckily I live close to Amsterdam airport, so it's the bus to the airport, flight to Glasgow, bus to Paisley Gilmour...

Thanks @david-johnson09, I'm totally looking forward to a 335 course too! ?

This is one idea @johnnierox-boo , still screwed to the wood but more secure I've got something similar to that - though implemented in cheap plastic rather than brass - to secure the P90 sized HB in...

I'm hoping to do a course sometime if they ever start again. Only about two hours for me and as long as the parking is motorbike friendly. It really is an excellent experience @rocknroller912 - I re...

I'm hoping to do a course sometime if they ever start again. Only about two hours for me and as long as the parking is motorbike friendly.

@tv1010101 Ive just been looking at the photos of your instruments which are all wonderful. Don't think you will have any problem making friends with this quality of work, especially if you have more ...