Useful though @tv101, and I have a hankering to build an electric bass that sounds acoustic at some point… Meanwhile, I think I need to try out a bargain basement contact transducer thing on my big orange Yamaha, just to…   Read more»

Yup – that looks good. Thanks @tv101

I’ll just check the pric— sorry, I think there’s something in my eye…

he’s been building – or growing – clones.

Is that scary or what! And all wearing the same uniform. It’s like the Sauna Club of The Damned.

Well, everything and everyone on last night’s show were completely overshadowed by the return of the @jamesbisset curtains. This is such an audacious piece of sleight of hand. @tv101 is trying to distract you from the fact that he’s been…   Read more»

Still needs curtains … you must have some old ones hanging around someplace?? I think Mr Teeve may be referring to the DispersoZorb 100® drapes which I use in the studio when recording my Acoustic Bliss sessions. These are made…   Read more»

Too tidy to be a workshop!

Tidy your workshop with this one simple trick!
Move all the stuff onto the other bench.

I’m just looking for some suitable air-powered brushes now …

@TV101 – more commonly known as a beard…

That’s amazing! Well done!

Blues Tuesday jam night at Whighams Wine Cellar

Which is where this story came from:
Musical intuition meets the blues – jamesbisset.com

Favourite tune too Russ.
Stone The Crows Big Jim Salter
Les Harvey playing a Dan Armstrong acrylic there. Nobody planning to make one? Maybe a workshop week for machining acrylic blocks?

Just in case you might be interested…… Here’s a wee Maggie Bell interview…… Legend.  Thanks for that Russ. It also features Sandy Tweeddale on guitar, who plays in the bar band at the fortnightly Blues Tuesday jam night at Whighams…   Read more»

Do you prefer the long tenon for sustain? I don’t know how much difference it makes. Has it been measured? Or is it another myth of vintage guitar construction? My Yamaha semi has good sustain and a very short tenon…   Read more»

More here:
http://www.es-335.com/2010/06/22/the-mysterious-neck-tenon/

So can the hundreds of us, currently refining our semi-hollowbody designs in anticipation of you-know-what, expect this excellent design to be adaptable to a 335 style neck tenon joint?

Asking for a friend @Deej

there is a pub session in the Coach & Horses Dumfries on the last Thursday of every month It’s always a Thursday, isn’t it! Acoustic Bliss is a Thursday, village pub quiz is a Thursday and now this? I think…   Read more»

I was playing a Bailey guitar though ….

Not me, but maybe one day…