Guitar Making | jamesbisset | Activity https://guitarmaking.co.uk/members/jamesbisset/activity/ Activity feed for jamesbisset. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 05:46:28 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 7aed7c57fa3e7e1880a8de009937b5ea jamesbisset replied to the topic "My first laminated semi-hollowbody" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/170627/ Mon, 05 Aug 2024 14:14:10 +0100 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»

]]> dbdf7b00a91189fd7ca796fbddc87d6e jamesbisset liked forum post "My first laminated semi-hollowbody" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/170532/ Wed, 31 Jul 2024 09:57:31 +0100 93f0b450ed05e32d4b63310e83af222c jamesbisset replied to the topic "My first laminated semi-hollowbody" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/170293/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 20:33:28 +0100 The back is on, the neck is in, the finish applied, the bridge fitted. Now it’s time to tackle the wiring.

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

]]> da71503aac12370291fec2e39e9c60c9 jamesbisset replied to the topic "Anyone know what kind of pickups these are?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/170263/ Tue, 16 Jul 2024 00:46:03 +0100 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.
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]]> 92bce188fb9b2edde4845d4e0cd3fcce jamesbisset liked forum post "Anyone know what kind of pickups these are?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/170262/ Mon, 15 Jul 2024 23:37:20 +0100 e82e1ca96ebadaaae4c772370f0d31cf jamesbisset replied to the topic "Anyone know what kind of pickups these are?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/170261/ Mon, 15 Jul 2024 22:28:06 +0100 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»

]]> 6bb46523cd68528c00c43e85c6ee5f06 jamesbisset liked forum post "Anyone know what kind of pickups these are?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/170260/ Mon, 15 Jul 2024 22:27:47 +0100 da91973514ae1bb0f168719910c9968c jamesbisset posted a new topic "Anyone know what kind of pickups these are?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/170247/ Mon, 15 Jul 2024 21:00:30 +0100

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This is the guitarist in Sabrina Carpenter’s band playing Please Please Please on BBC Live (Youtube video).  Given the convention of not naming the original guitars being copied, e.g. T type or S type, let’s just say that this…   Read more»

]]> 947cf2f2d4f51011b9d1907111aafc7f jamesbisset replied to the topic "Pumice and Polish - a question" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/169944/ Fri, 21 Jun 2024 09:06:43 +0100 @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»

]]> a93ec0469ad07f40457a6cdea50d3fa9 jamesbisset posted a new topic "Pumice and Polish - a question" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/169935/ Thu, 20 Jun 2024 18:53:51 +0100 Work on the laminated semi-hollowbody continues. Following @tv101 ’s lead I’ve been applying Liberon Easy French Polish. Probably because it’s so easy, it comes with little specific instruction compared to the extended series of 12 step Youtube videos on normal…   Read more»

]]> a055a9e01c6f6dea98b08619daba86a3 jamesbisset replied to the topic "Renaissance Lute" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/169725/ Thu, 06 Jun 2024 20:55:43 +0100 And this is why I feel justified in calling my guitar the Bisset Bodge! Awesome work, Koen!

]]> 25a1024ee10f28b1dc10e25d43274dc0 jamesbisset liked forum post "My first laminated semi-hollowbody" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/169580/ Mon, 27 May 2024 22:26:35 +0100 72980d836237d097c96866f252fc8437 jamesbisset liked forum post "My first laminated semi-hollowbody" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/169579/ Mon, 27 May 2024 22:26:30 +0100 bc9b52f6d729407e47fbf218cdf867ad jamesbisset liked forum post "My first laminated semi-hollowbody" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/169578/ Mon, 27 May 2024 22:26:23 +0100 88c919f29979c2fbe6191de2dfe75698 jamesbisset replied to the topic "My first laminated semi-hollowbody" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/169525/ Fri, 24 May 2024 08:31:56 +0100

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And twenty-four hours later:

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]]> 648e6747f16e105c2a1ec282a5239265 jamesbisset replied to the topic "My first laminated semi-hollowbody" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/169504/ Wed, 22 May 2024 22:48:23 +0100 @tv101 I know,  right? Otherwise it would have been like a broken light bulb – Bsst!

]]> 28e337fd2be1d8f28940bd583feb1f68 jamesbisset liked forum post "Recommended black Cyanoacrylate for inlays?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/169475/ Mon, 20 May 2024 20:29:00 +0100 49061525682f4795312f22e6213ce594 jamesbisset liked forum post "Recommended black Cyanoacrylate for inlays?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/169474/ Mon, 20 May 2024 20:28:45 +0100 f73dee06880f111b5675706de550d069 jamesbisset replied to the topic "My first laminated semi-hollowbody" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/169473/ Mon, 20 May 2024 20:27:58 +0100 It’s not a decorative hole any more. It’s a feature!

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]]> 3a29d5761bfc3168c9cc3a4d8dbfad26 jamesbisset replied to the topic "Recommended black Cyanoacrylate for inlays?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/169472/ Mon, 20 May 2024 20:24:28 +0100 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»

]]> eca929d62a72ced4e154340aa0723a8b jamesbisset liked forum post "Recommended black Cyanoacrylate for inlays?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/169309/ Fri, 17 May 2024 09:29:10 +0100 00bc7c86a619e5082b12c6a21da90835 jamesbisset replied to the topic "Recommended black Cyanoacrylate for inlays?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/169308/ Fri, 17 May 2024 09:24:50 +0100 [quote data-userid=”14148″ data-postid=”26290″] So I’m also going to take another look at my 2 year old unused bottle. When I squeeze it the glue doesn’t move. But I turned it upside down yesterday and today the glue is at the…   Read more»

]]> eba65e481b58b88a08be1d851907f343 jamesbisset liked forum post "Recommended black Cyanoacrylate for inlays?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/169268/ Thu, 16 May 2024 08:15:36 +0100 0c3c423f64b25af81185006706967dc5 jamesbisset liked forum post "Recommended black Cyanoacrylate for inlays?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/169267/ Thu, 16 May 2024 08:15:28 +0100 9b0813c81206646b1ea1e9e4da902233 jamesbisset liked forum post "Recommended black Cyanoacrylate for inlays?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/169266/ Thu, 16 May 2024 08:15:25 +0100 082962cde6dd93d9144cb6566b3d1475 jamesbisset replied to the topic "Recommended black Cyanoacrylate for inlays?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/169265/ Thu, 16 May 2024 08:14:36 +0100 @liebe Thanks Dan. It looks like black superglue is thick. 03a describe theirs as medium thick.  I’ve just ordered a 20g bottle from http://www.smallwonder-music.co.uk/shop/Tools-and-Finishing/Superglue/p-123-494/ because £6.95. Small Wonder says, “Black Superglue tends to be thick in consistency so I usually…   Read more»

]]> 3e3e5d36351f909f368ccfe4f5dbf65f jamesbisset posted a new topic "Recommended black Cyanoacrylate for inlays?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/169120/ Mon, 13 May 2024 19:21:40 +0100 My Tonetech black CA gave up before I could use it (very cold workshop) so I’m looking around for a suitable replacement for doing my Mother of Pearl inlays into ebony. Tonetech now supply a ‘semi-translucent’ black Gluboost. Is that…   Read more»

]]> 4b60f393926e4c45bbc65f97f88b0b5c jamesbisset replied to the topic "My first laminated semi-hollowbody" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/169045/ Sat, 11 May 2024 23:40:59 +0100 No mishap. It’s been on the drawings from the beginning. https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/my-first-laminated-semi-hollowbody/ How could I, a simple brute peasant,…   Read more»

]]> 4ee5cec1e813eb1fec9a84cccb4a4f79 jamesbisset replied to the topic "My first laminated semi-hollowbody" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/169043/ Sat, 11 May 2024 19:52:20 +0100 @robin You’re a bad man 😉 My darling wife told me not to be such a fussy bugger. and I’ve decided this is a prototype – a proof of concept. But I really need to work on these slipping glue…   Read more»

]]> 9dd6e7c1e0d9f7cf71736165152ea19c jamesbisset replied to the topic "My first laminated semi-hollowbody" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/169033/ Sat, 11 May 2024 14:45:39 +0100 After an extended hiatus, I went back to the workshop to glue on the back.

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I made a couple of MDF clamping rings to help distribute the pressure and hold everything in place. Notice the wooden clamp in the…   Read more»

]]> 4c71a4c0f6bb52d6af16e304ea720c38 jamesbisset posted a new topic "New Gibson Factory Tour" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/165051/ Fri, 10 Nov 2023 11:59:57 +0000 The guys from the Andertons Youtube channel have done a whistlestop tour of some of the big American guitar factories. Here’s the video of the Gibson Nashville plant, which is where they’ve recently moved the semi-hollowbody production, alongside all the…   Read more»

]]> 39a169bb122ba3394c435c5d4fb8fe98 jamesbisset replied to the topic "Semi-hollow question" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/163098/ Wed, 20 Sep 2023 09:28:39 +0100 @rathius Confirmed. The ES-339 is like the ES-335, with a solid maple block wrapped in laminated top, back and sides. However, Gibson have also made the CS-336, with a chambered mahogany body and a carved maple top. There’s lots of…   Read more»

]]> a5739974695c14abe24eea06146f97e9 jamesbisset replied to the topic "Semi-hollow question" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/163088/ Tue, 19 Sep 2023 19:16:56 +0100 @rathius The sides of the ES335 and ES175 are laminates, not part of a routed solid body. Full details in this video: https://youtu.be/uVU86GGV07A Would I be right in surmising that the 339, on the other hand. is a very routed…   Read more»

]]> 25e95f40f4b032b7b9a31633fe41b736 jamesbisset replied to the topic "I made a thing" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/162774/ Sat, 16 Sep 2023 13:57:27 +0100 @tv101 Well, James Bisset Volume 1 didn’t get onto the longlist for Scottish Album of the Year Award, but it did get onto TV’s gizmo. 
I know which one means most to me.

]]> 114630aa09d1fcc6683b44376b980a34 jamesbisset replied to the topic "My first laminated semi-hollowbody" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/162757/ Sat, 16 Sep 2023 11:39:26 +0100 Or… A pedalboard! Mwahaha!

]]> 21ab7fefec939504226e0c66bd838ccd jamesbisset replied to the topic "My first laminated semi-hollowbody" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/162749/ Sat, 16 Sep 2023 10:41:35 +0100 @robin I had thought that position 5 would be a good combination of 1 and 2, but now I don’t know…

]]> 3843f67e30d14cce2c7750874b737488 jamesbisset replied to the topic "My first laminated semi-hollowbody" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/162748/ Sat, 16 Sep 2023 10:30:36 +0100 @tv101 No preamp, no battery. Life is complicated enough.

]]> f9a9e7711d8dcdde29a611771345c8f9 jamesbisset replied to the topic "My first laminated semi-hollowbody" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/162705/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 23:25:39 +0100 Position 1

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Position 2
 

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Position 3

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Position 4

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Position 5

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]]> 768d3285e194891d79725a65b4060495 jamesbisset replied to the topic "My first laminated semi-hollowbody" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/162704/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 23:17:29 +0100 And that’s why I’ve got a K&K Big Twin to fit inside the guitar body. https://www.kksound.com/big-twin Two pickups – where should they go? I’ve run a few tests just to see. I stood an electric guitar on top of the…   Read more»

]]> ace2bcb769d5e69ff3651f88d7c2d8c7 jamesbisset replied to the topic "My first laminated semi-hollowbody" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/162703/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 22:58:26 +0100 Oh yes. The Cunning Plan. Another reason for building this guitar is the attempt to smuggle an electric guitar…   Read more»

]]> 82fa8cadbbf3586ab4da10e181474f89 jamesbisset replied to the topic "My first laminated semi-hollowbody" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/161966/ Mon, 04 Sep 2023 10:26:12 +0100 Meanwhile, the frets can go in. I opted for an ebony fingerboard because archtops/jazz guitars always have ebony fingerboards. Obvs.. I also opted for stainless steel frets, but Mr Bailey really didn’t want me to do that. They’re three times…   Read more»

]]> 34401611a27d49e3c91b58c89fa25d1e jamesbisset liked forum post "🎶🎸 Your Favourite Song In This Moment 🎸🎶" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/161965/ Mon, 04 Sep 2023 08:18:10 +0100 118b1769447f2d8dbfdb9d7002f3e4e5 jamesbisset liked forum post "🎶🎸 Your Favourite Song In This Moment 🎸🎶" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/161964/ Mon, 04 Sep 2023 08:07:33 +0100 dbeb55f238cd7101f18ced4c3174b354 jamesbisset replied to the topic "BACK IN THE ROOM !! .... and LOOK who is here for our first open workshop session :)" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/161331/ Fri, 01 Sep 2023 08:37:05 +0100 I have to say, working in the Bailey Workshop is both a privilege and a joy. I’m beginning to see a possible route out of the world of Bodge across the border into Craft.Talking of borders, there was another participant…   Read more»

]]> 5816bc2b50cde9346f02a6d2310b8556 jamesbisset replied to the topic "My first laminated semi-hollowbody" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/161276/ Thu, 31 Aug 2023 23:47:38 +0100 Another minor complication: Once the back is glued in place, there’s no way inside other than through the pickup routs or the Æ’ holes. so my graceful mini-humbuckers mounted straight into the top don’t look feasible.  You’d need some sort…   Read more»

]]> 409a06f2b85b9b07950f14543cfdc0ec jamesbisset replied to the topic "My first laminated semi-hollowbody" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/161269/ Thu, 31 Aug 2023 19:44:47 +0100 Sshhhh… 🤫🤥

]]> fc231b5256ae1be21c4627f0e527dfe8 jamesbisset replied to the topic "My first laminated semi-hollowbody" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/161265/ Thu, 31 Aug 2023 19:40:45 +0100 All the usual places, Russ. From Bandcamp to Youtube via Spotify, Apple Music, SoundCloud, etc..
Embedded Bandcamp player and other links listed on this page: https://www.jamesbisset.com/music/james-bisset-volume-1
But don’t wear it out!

]]> 6793348e4487bbcdea1fdc0e4be7e2af jamesbisset replied to the topic "My first laminated semi-hollowbody" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/161160/ Thu, 31 Aug 2023 00:11:42 +0100 Meanwhile, on the inside… The internal bridge block is now glued into place. The pickup routs and the pickup flange screw holes are a weak point in the top, so we need to add a couple of straps to re-inforce…   Read more»

]]> 69f174f35c99677eaa7ade0a64905427 jamesbisset replied to the topic "My first laminated semi-hollowbody" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/161157/ Wed, 30 Aug 2023 23:29:32 +0100 Next, the Æ’ holes. Traditionally, the little points in the middle of the Æ’ hole line up with the bridge. In a perfect world, I’d also have the top of the Æ’ hole aligned with the waist and the foot…   Read more»

]]> ab6d47f4a931fc566a209a754209974c jamesbisset replied to the topic "My first laminated semi-hollowbody" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/161156/ Wed, 30 Aug 2023 23:18:19 +0100 Next came the pickup holes. I’m installing mini-humbuckers, which I envisage being mounted straight into the top. So again, I create an MDF template for the pickup hole and the mounting screws. The template has to be fairly big to…   Read more»

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