Thanks for the great advice folks and your comment Russ, you sweet talking thang! I've still got the piece I cut out for the sound hole so I'll use that as a template to try Mark's idea first. If that...

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.