Or: cut the next slot where it should be then remove wood between the slots with a router to the depth of the slots and patch the gap with a piece of ebony and epoxy and sand the patch to…   Read more»

Stunning. More details please. Jim

…also tear out depends on the grain at the pointy bits. Better to go with the grain rather than against I would think.  I like the rd artist shape that’s a bit less pointy than an explorer but I gave…   Read more»

Love them. Are they an addition to an already sizeable herd of guitars or do you do a cull from time to time?  Ive started giving my experiments away to friends. I will only keep ones that I am particularly…   Read more»

Cheers. Never tried heating the paint first. Sounds like a good tip. I’ll try with the next one (a yellow bass with a musician pickup). paint always runs somewhere normally with anything but a very light coat resulting in sanding almost…   Read more»

i have tried rattle cans. As someone said above little and often with light sanding between coats is essential. I love making guitars and now have a pile that need finishing. I avoid finishing as a) I’m not good at it…   Read more»

I’ve got a triton thicknesser. It is handy for recycling wood for guitar use. The most annoying thing is it’s max width is 13”. This is right on the limit or even below the limit for many guitars. everything above is…   Read more»

Nothing to do with rugby result (stupid game anyway) The stay at home choir singing caledonia is a tearjerker.
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I saw Frank Zappa at the Apollo in Glasgow back in the day. We sneaked in for nothing. One of my favourite concerts ever.

Happy new year Mark, Carol, Lewis & Fiona. All the best. Hoping to meet up in the new year. We’ve got ideas already!
Keep safe
 
Jim

Caught the taster later. Had to work today again. Retirement isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be sometimes. Really looking forward to the finishing course. I love green and blue stained guitars. if you can’t do a raffle how about…   Read more»

I’m not a fan either but if a tele is good enough for Albert Lee, Andy summers and jimmy page….
yours looks very nice. Hope she was delighted 

I agree. I just want to try the process. 40 years ago I had an epiphone casino guitar that had major feedback problems but was great to play. If I could make something approaching that I would be happy. Not…   Read more»

The livestreams with the side comments are more like what the in person courses are like. A lot of hard work, learning and fun. A bit like I’m a celebrity! We all learned from each other on the BYO guitar…   Read more»

So far, beside “proper stuff”, I have used: two 50 year old teak shelves. I was told that it was too oily to use for a guitar. I made a body by glueing strips together. I made two necks using…   Read more»

The half fretted guitar looks fantastic. I had only really thought about a bass but nut end for chords mainly and dusty end for single notes does lend itself to a guitar like this. I’ve got a precision type neck and…   Read more»

I said flippantly on the livestream yesterday about a ridiculously complex guitar. Seriously has anyone ever made, or seen, a bass (or even a guitar) that was fretted for the first 12 frets and fretless thereafter. I love the high…   Read more»

I remember seeing Mark King on the Tube in the 80s. Fast, rhythmic and very tuneful.

Sunshine on leith. Stay with me baby. Helter skelter. Layla. Chelsea girl. I rest my case. 

If you will forgive the tmesis: it is absofuckinlutely beautiful. One for generations to appreciate. Well done.