Well thank you @russ for breaking ranks and letting the cat out, so to speak! @darrenking.  Cheers Darren. I like watching but don’t think I’ll ever be performing. I admire @tv101 & @jamesbisset for having the nerve to do it…   Read more»

I look forward every week to seeing what you and Mabbot are up to.

You might just change your opinion @jamesbisset if Carol plays this week’s contributions …
 
(mine, not Mabbbotttt’s!).

For the older folk:

 
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I’m pretty sure I’ve seen and heard that very track being broadcast recently.  Are you famous really?
😉
 
Really enjoy your Bliss appearances!

@jamesbisset – do you mean “Manchester Guitar Tech” as in Steve Robinson?

@jamesbisset yup, it all factors in, from screws, pole height. Essentially, no nominal depth like TV said just gotta measure. Filling up a cavity can be a pain and the fact that you did not have to do it feels…   Read more»

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Thanks for posting this info it will save a lot of confusion

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I think both versions of the logo look great! Almost hard to choose…
I like what you did to the LP headstock, that little hole makes a big difference.
 

@jamesbisset Yes, oblique/italic whatever it’s called idk I fell asleep in typography class 😄 Don’t get me wrong, the logo looks great but to my eye things tend to look better a bit slanted. It gives it that pizazz ya…   Read more»

@jamesbisset  I like the Mackintosh style font it’s very distinctive and needs to be vertical and not slanted to fit in with the Mackintosh theme. I wonder if there are any other aspects of Mackintosh design that you could put…   Read more»

@jamesbisset I think whatever you go for, it should be design unto itself, not dependent on the shape of the headstock. You will probably be making many guitars so it should be something you can apply to a range of…   Read more»

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The benches are looking good!
Plus those clipped corners also help prevent painful jabs in the hip 😉

@jamesbisset That’s a great looking logo, nice job! Have you tried to giving it a little slant, just for a little flow? It looks really good but to my eye is just a bit straight. Just a thought… I think…   Read more»

@jamesbisset I would just change the square dot to a round one and use an ordinary drill bit. If you are cutting the inlay from MoP a ready made dot is an easy fit. Cut all the letters as individuals…   Read more»

No surprises here:

@jamesbisset So you are swotting up on arch tops before the new course? Nowt wrong with that, it looks interesting. 

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@mattbeels
As far as I know scatter winding produces a higher resonant frequency which gives a fuller range of sound

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That’s one of the selling points from say, Bare Knuckle pickups. Scatter wound pickups have their own unique quality, apparently. 

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Pleased to see that you have got a good result at last

Thank you very much James, I do enjoy making these Barncasters, especially when I get to use fire 🔥 (blow torch) 🔥 @jamesbisset 

@jamesbisset The SE30! I was working at an AppleCentre in London when that machine was launched. We thought computing had reached its pinnacle! I mean, it came with a 40Mb hard drive and (I think) 4mb of RAM as standard…   Read more»