Maybe we need a 
Keep CalmandBuild Bandsmen
t shirts….

I love pedals – have owned (and sold on) loads over the years – have also modded and built from kits and scratch….. Currently have a few, mostly mods or builds, only use occasionally because of the stack built into…   Read more»

I did a short one of those after my first workshop build – didn’t after the second because the guitars hadn’t been sprayed.
 

I could probably turn the stills of my Bandsman build into a slide show with commentary – might give another view of the process?

Posted by: @ I have loads of amps and cabs to choose from but have probably 10 that I use most of the time – there are a full set of amp knobs so that you can tweak in real…   Read more»

Yup OD-1s do go for a decent amount – work really well in front of some amps – Fender Twin for example. The Kemper/Fractal thing – does work – loads of brill sounds – easy to tweak sounds once you…   Read more»

 I tried some simple modellers – some of the Zoom stuff – they sounded brill on full on distortion or lovely clean but couldn’t do the bits between – the bit where an amp just starts to break up and…   Read more»

Just send to Bill in Frocester……….

You’re hiding it well……

I do hope to build a valve combo….. I had planned to do a Princeton clone but they are too loud for a home amp.  Found a series of YouTube videos about building a clone of a Supro amp -…   Read more»

I’ve also got a Fender Frontman 15R combo – actually doesn’t sound bad – A Micro Cube with added speaker out socket that gets used, with an open backed cab with a 10” Jensen ceramic speaker, in the workshop.  Also…   Read more»

I have gone through quite a few amps and a shed load of pedals. I could make some good noises but getting from one type of sound to another was taking time….. I sold the lot and bought a Fractal…   Read more»

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You’ll love the Bandsman build – also it’s a smashing little guitar…..

So Deej when will you be sending the guitars to look after for you just in case we tell Mrs Deej how many you really have……….

@richyc – I’m pretty good – the bug really took a hold after being in the workshop in June last year – two builds completed at home and a Bailey acoustic kit in the garage waiting for some time…. How…   Read more»

Apparently his dad wanted him to play right handed early on and he would if dad was around….

Think he could play strung either way….

The Tele I built in the Bailey Workshop has a spalted cap – that had some very soft bits until Lewis put a very nice gloss finish on it….