Did you try polyurethane? I use it a lot as a wipe on finish. Mix 1 part polyurethane (oil based, not the water based) with 1 part mineral spirits and wipe on multiple coats (typically one per day). Y...

Attachment : Trem.jpg Want to add a Trem to your dream guitar design? GREAT! I've just added the drawings to the Design Your Own Guitar course. Take a look and let me know if you have any Q's ? .....

Posted by: Carnivorous HERBivore good thinking but my wife might not agree... surprised she didn't have a little word about gunky, resinous residue in our largest casserole pot... think I got away wit...

Waterborne lacquers will tend to result in less of a darkening effect although this is something that all lacquer manufacturers are trying to overcome given that they want the water based products to ...

Hi, If it soaks in more it will darken more. You can’t have both depth of finish and no darkening as they are intrinsically linked. Maybe you should just consider using a lighter wood and experimentin...

Another suggestion I would like to see sometime would be how to do different neck profiles such as D, C etc. I can really see that this will be a skill in itself and may take some time to develop it a...

I’m planning a new build for 2019. This time something a little different from what I’ve been used to, an Ibanez Iceman type. I have plans, literally. Attachment : 1CB14804-5E28-4AD4-8A90-5894763...

I've just found this helpful video for rounding fret ends quickly into a ball-like shape. It’s for those builds that have some kind of binding on the fretboard and the fret slots don’t go all the way ...

Hi everybody! My name is Marcel Besselink, I'm dutch and I live in a town just outside Amsterdam called Uithoorn. In 2004 I went to beautiful Ayrshire for the first time to build a guitar at the Baile...

Right, I want to know everything! ? I would like to see a finishing course that explains and demonstrates different products. Measuring and cutting wood is a skill in itself and there is so much more ...

Posted by: Edwin I would very much like that! Also a topic on tool maintainance, e.g. sharpening plane blades, chisels, saws, drill bits etc. And I would like that as well Edwin. Great idea. I’ve ne...

Happy Xmas folks!

Yeh - I was waiting for this one 🙂 Useful if you have run out of Double Sided Tape! Cheers John...

My masking tape tip is the superglue and masking tape trick. I use it for all kinds of things instead of using double sided tape, it really does work well. This is a video of Ben Crow explaining it.

More Masking Tape Magic! A simple trick that could save a lot of heartache... - Sometimes when you remove masking tape from wood it can lift some of the grain, damaging the surface. This is especially...

oh yeah - I forgot to say...if you are left handed...swap hands...genius. ? ? or you could fill the soundhole with Turnips?

Hey Herb Standard practice: (assuming you are right handed) Put your left hand through the soundhole and hold underneath the fretboard Lift the guitar off the bench Hammer in mid air against the iner...

Interesting project there Herb. I have a similar acoustic that my friend picked up at an auction and it doesn’t even have a truss rod. I’ll dig it out of the attic I think.

As long as the 'Zero Fret' is not lower than the first fret it will be OK.

Hey Herb - Standard practice if going for a refret would be to also replace the zero fret with a slightly higher fret. You could use the same fret wire but just level from the first fret onwards.