Heeee Marcel! Jij ook hier?It was your article that inspired me to contact Mark and take a 5-day course in his workshop! And a second one. And then it all got out of hand……..

I would very much like that! Also a topic on tool maintainance, e.g. sharpening plane blades, chisels, saws, drill bits etc. 

Avant-garde licks?  🙂  Whenever I play a bum note, I am really playing over an F-demented chord…….

Hot slags….? 🤣  🤣  🤣 Joking aside….. Budget PU’s can sound great. I’ve had similar experiences wit Wilkinsons and Toneriders.

Thnx!! Still thinking about sanding the oil off and giving it a spray job with 2k high gloss, just like my first Bailey BYO. It will have to wait until a nice spring day though. I’m spraying outdoors and the…   Read more»

Thanks, John! I hadn’t either…. Bit of a palaber, but I had excellent instructions!

😉 there will be little running with my legs chopped off…..No PITA though, you are perfectly correct. What I do at home is my concern. Your workshop is another matter entirely (as is your forum for that matter)…. If I…   Read more»

Hi Mark! Sorry you took offense to my router table…   I do agree with you. They are dangerous. But so is a plunge router. I have an enormous respect for routers and they are not to be taken lightly. When I…   Read more»

Some sawing on the neck

Cleaning up the back of the headstock

But for your enjoyment, a few pictures of the final result

Again with the up-and-downer

Routing a humbucker hole

And the neck pocket (which gave me some grief….)

And here the story ends……..

Routing the body with my home spun router table

Cleaning up the sides with my up-and-downer

Routing the truss rod channel in the purpleheart blank

Headstock angle sawn with the bandsaw and ready for surfacing

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A few more pics taken during building. Alas, not a complete story, at a certain point I was far too busy with timber, glue, tools and stuff to take anymore pictures. At the beginning…

The template and body blank

Body sawn out with…   Read more»

I have! I’ll post a few when I’ve got the opportunity.

I had such a great time back then…. So great I entered a second time in 2008!! 

Oh yeah…. specs……Mahogany bodyPurpleheart neck (I absotively love purpleheart….)Wilkinson tuners and bridgeTonerider AC2 pickups with coil-splitI will add some building pics at a later moment………Plays great, sounds like a million bucks…….