Step1. Sort out the weight issue. Attachment : 20150303_130217.jpg Attachment : 20150303_131340.jpg Nothing too cunning about that. But a good place to start. Cunningness comes later...

I thought up a cunning plan. @markbailey will be along shortly to explain a much simpler way of fixing this issue, and then I'll kick myself. It actually took me about a year to fix ... because it spe...

This is a build rescue story, from a few years ago (so you can read, safe in the knowledge that it has a happy ending!). A few years ago, I was gifted a guitar. Actually, it was an unfinished project...

Excellente Darren. Very impressed with the quality. Cheers, Russ

Hi John, No problem. Do you have the drawing as a PDF or only on paper? Either way its easy for me to do, the paper version just requires a little more time to scan and redraw. Either PM me with the a...

@darrenking Could you make me a set of master templates for routing a guitar body please? I have made a 1:1 drawing so could send it you. it’s for this body shape. Attachment : 71969EF1-8C3C-417...

Posted by: @ @darrenking That is a great idea as well as being amusing! Now we have an actual reuse for polystyrene! ?

There have been numerous occasions when, if I had a blow torch to hand, things may have take a particularly bad turn!! I have learnt that it is useful to have something valueless and easily breakable ...

Thanks @russ for your kind words. I have about five going at the moment and more to come. Some are necks for existing bodies and some I will be making bodies for as well. So all the necks in this pict...

Hi John, How many guitars have you got on the go at one time. All looks very impressive. Cheers, Russ ? ?

Sanded it back, applied some stains and finished with many coats of Tru Oil. Attachment : EF22BE0E-09F5-49CA-9D5D-33194A9C8736.jpeg Attachment : EF005ABC-C766-45A5-9DDF-42480F6D17B3.jpeg ...

Here is another Barncaster with a bit of resin and charred with fire. Shou sugi ban. Attachment : AF8B072C-D7E1-4939-8542-CB0000F943B4.jpeg Attachment : F7A20715-A742-4E66-9A02-6B69CCA6ED8...

The vision We want the forums to become THE place to discuss guitar building. Discussing topics from the courses and other topics relating to guitar making. There is a multitude of practises and techn...

You can use the old bearings in your pickup winder ?

A quick update on fret slot cutting saw table. I mounted the motor and splindle on some scrap MDF to check positions and ran it for a few minutes but the bearings were getting VERY hot very quickly. I...

Bad luck or bad planning...... Make sure that the workshop boxes go onto the lorry first that way they will be last out at the other end and most accessible.....

Hi there and Happy new year to one and all! It already seems like a long time ago! Now, how is this for frustrating? I have just had a delivery from my favourite engineering company containing the ma...

I now have all the externally sourced bits for the fret slot saw other than the main shaft which I am having made in the next week or two. In the past I have always sent the relevant components to my ...

Hi Mark, Thanks for the feedback and that makes everything a lot simpler. If I ever make a uke I can just take a bit more off the fretboard when I machine the radius to get the slot depth correct. Of ...

Hey @darrenking - ! My fretslotter is only adjusted occasionaly for Ukes - For guitars I've set it to cut about 4.5mm deep I cut the slots while the board is flat After the radius is created the slot...