Just completed Day 4 of my fourth visit to Mark and Carol.  Only three of us – Tracy had to withdraw – Mark and Carol on cracking form. We have now got bodies and necks progressing – tomorrow is our…   Read more»

Hi all and Happy New Year! I’m back and hope to post again about builds…… I did a third workshop course in 2022 and since then haven’t done any building…… Three of us did the 2022 course, the previous two…   Read more»

Final bit – engraved truss rod cover has arrived…….

Just found the solution – Safari – advanced – website settings – delete Guitar Making – now all fine again……
 

Got one in my latest – 5 positions are normal Strat – in the other 5 you get bridge humbucker, bridge and neck in series and parallel, all three single coils and neck and middle in series….. The humbucker, bridge…   Read more»

Posted by: @russ Posted by: @tv101 I like using the Schaller mega-switches for pickup switching.  I’m a big Schaller fan @tv101. Thinking of using their Hannes bridge on a future build.👍😁  🙏🎶🎸🙂 The Freeway Blade is worth a look -…   Read more»

My acrylic base is attached to one of my Bosch POF500 routers – they come up on eBay second hand – my pair were £30-35 each – parts available do should last.   Made the base to do the surfacing…   Read more»

Cut a larger radius half cylinder top to bottom where the damage is and have the jack in the recess……..

Now with hardware – struck me that there was a lot of black from the pickups and then some chrome so I have swapped out the bridge, tuners and knobs + screws bolts.  Still waiting for a black Jack plate

The ‘not f hole’ was inspired by one from a Rickenbacker – but the other way round….

My semi hollow Bandsman has a single big cavity…..

Just paid and downloaded the full package the book looks good!

5 more coats of Liberon Finishing Oil and a one of microcrystalline wax…..

I’m fine with stopping before you go too far……..

Mark was interested in the Freeway Blade.

Very neat solution doing all that with one control as opposed to a 5 way + push-pulls……

Mark was concerned as we started routing – we went in 1mm steps until the switch could do the extremes with a tip in place. I like the way that on the lower 5 positions it is a standard Strat…   Read more»

Not a lot to say about the pictures….. Two issues…. First is the neck joint – with a single coil in the neck position instead of a humbucker we had to play with the shape to give gluing surface. Second…   Read more»

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