Thanks Bill. 🙂 I used the guitar for a full gig at PrestFest 2024 on Sunday (where Bill saw me) and then up to Glasgow for Sammy’s Open Mic at the Glad Cafe. It certainly does a lot of the…   Read more»

The back is on, the neck is in, the finish applied, the bridge fitted. Now it’s time to tackle the wiring.

To make sure I didn’t make any wires too short, or too long, I made up a wiring…   Read more»

Thanks to @russ and @nsj. The Waterslide Guitars Instagram feed reveals that the pickups are Mojo pickups, handmade in the UK.
https://www.mojopickups.co.uk/product/dual-foil-humbucker-gold-foil/ and yes, they’re magnetic.
Must admit, now that I’ve found them, I’m quite taken with the Charlie Christian model…[Read more]

Wow! Well done that man! The web site is impressively uninformative but I’m going to assume that the pickups are traditional magnetic pickups in a funky retro cover. I should probably be following them on Instagram. *mutters* Is this a…   Read more»

@russ I’d love to know what makes Easy French Polish easy. Longer curing time? Thicker solution? I came across a video on traditional FP techniques by The Art Of Lutherie which said to use a wet pad to strip and…   Read more»

And this is why I feel justified in calling my guitar the Bisset Bodge! Awesome work, Koen!

And twenty-four hours later:

@tv101 I know,  right? Otherwise it would have been like a broken light bulb – Bsst!

It’s not a decorative hole any more. It’s a feature!

Thanks for all the tips folks. I used the smallwonder-music.co.uk black CA with a tooth pick on the first pass. I’ve got some micro-tip applicators but they were far too fine for the cavernous gaps I needed to fill. At…   Read more»