Alan, another member lives in Coaley just three miles away…..

Cheers - will give them a go!

@dirtbike I’m also in Gloucestershire! I have been to Baileys twice with another visit in the planning and have also built 2 at home - been a bit quiet on the build front for about a year….. I have an...

Well done on your design Roddy! My mate Dave, Dave’s son David (yes confusing) and I have a workshop course booked in early October……. Already looking forward to it……

I had visited the Iron Gear site - was worried they were too cheap……. I have used Bare Knuckles, SD, Creamery…. Also have a pair of Wilkinson Zebras in my Bandsman based build. All sound good…. Will p...

I am thinking of replacement for the Mexican Strat I sold last year. Three pickups - either three single core or pos two singles with a splittable humbucker in the bridge position. Any recommendatio...

The Mirka extraction hose is worth getting - same length as the mains lead and nice and flexible - plug hose and mains into vacuum and the extraction works really well……

I’ve got an electric Mirka - really like it - very controllable sanding.

Love Neil Young’s solo - off the wall!

My Back Pages - Dylan’s 30th anniversary of his first album.

Yes, think so……. He knows his stuff though.

Uncle Doug has done loads of videos of him repairing amps - this set building an amp from scratch have loads of really good tips. Think he is a Republican from the Southern States……

Cheers chaps! Retirement actually takes a bit of getting used to…………. Enjoying it though…

Hi all I have been absent from Guitar Making for a while and haven’t done any building for a while…. I completely retired in August. I spent some time sorting stuff - the garage where my workshop is...

Welcome Riccardo - we are all friendly here!

More zebras please!

@koendb - sorry missed that - with my Firebird wings were cut on bandsaw and routed to shape but the cutoffs were still close enough to clamp - guitar looking very good!

Back to glueing on the wings - if you cut out the wing shapes on your bandsaw keep the bits you cut off to use to clamp on the wings…….

@Rocknroller912 Thanks for that - sounds like a plan - I wondered about heat to soften glue but as you say as the bridge is not being reused then carefully remove/destroy………..

My acoustic has a problem - there are two splits in the bridge at either end and in front of the saddle. The guitar is an Ashton, Australian make, China built. It was a 50th birthday present from the...