Posted by: @tv1010101 Posted by: @frocesterbill 21 year old ‘Sandy’ - in all her glory...... Attachment : B38BA116-0176-4AA5-B84A-8941D51929D2.jpeg Essential - probably - best bit is that a...

I was hoping to try an Exotica build for my 2021 visit to the Bailey workshop until the 335 rumours started - would have done a SSH Super Strat pickup config, poss EMGs...... Otherwise I will have to ...

I have used some shielding paint from Mahogany Green Luthier Supplies who are based in Ireland - about £4.50 for a small 30ml bottle. Applied some to a scrap of wood to test - one layer - quite thick ...

21 year old ‘Sandy’ - in all her glory...... Attachment : B38BA116-0176-4AA5-B84A-8941D51929D2.jpeg Essential - probably - best bit is that after 6 months looking on eBay she was 5 miles away.....

Sanding finished.... Spent a whole shaping then sanding - did 80, 120, 150, 240 and 320 grit using my lovely Mirka Deros random sander and by hand - took a while but nice and smooth..... Attachment...

They may well be aluminium (or an alloy containing aluminium) the gold on my first Bailey workshop build has worn off a bit but it was all I played for two years.....They do them in black........

I’ve got Wilkinson wrapovers on two of my guitars and they work really well - intonation is very good.

Went back to the Electric Course - 1.5mm on treble and 4.5m on bass side - holes now drilled and holes for tailpiece. I invested in Famag brad point drill bits after the cheapy i bought ripped a bit o...

Impressive winder from Joel!

I need to drill to position the tune-a-magic bridge and tail piece. From the design course - mark scale line then go a further 3mm on bass side - join those and mark for holes? How much room from the ...

Can faux binding be added as well......

I designed a truss rod cover transfer - more correctly I sketched out my idea and sent it to the chap I found on eBay who did the transfer for my Tele that I built with Mark June 2019. Attachment ...

I think the Exotica is a stunning guitar - on my list but with Super-Strat pickup config - possibly with a Floyd Rose - it was going to be my next workshop build with Mark until the 335 rumours..........

@tv1010101 Sorry to be moving a bit more slowly - getting the bridge in the right place means that I have got to be brave and get the holes drilled - I checked yesterday and I think the body angle is ...

The chamfers have been cut, managed to get a sharp(ish) line where the chamfer starts, need to spend another couple of sessions getting it all even. I need to mark up, check, check, check and drill ho...

Attachment : DDB2E7B7-09F1-4AFC-8F42-CC09DB5DDF58.jpeg I got the motor running at a steady speed and tried without success to wind a coil because the wire kept breaking - having watched some more ...

You can use the old bearings in your pickup winder ?

Good looking guitar Darren!

Cheers Darren!

Cheers Mark! Getting it even will be the challenge - will put a pencil lines to carve to and keep the facet flat......