Looks like @jamesbisset retired at the top. That's the way to go. Sorry to disappoint - just tired at the top. I’ll keep going until it’s just embarrassing.

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 or...

Yup - that looks good. Thanks @tv101 I’ll just check the pric— sorry, I think there’s something in my eye...

One of the grails of jazz guitar tone, for musicians of a certain age, is the hint of acoustic tone mixing with the PAF because the amp is so quiet. If one was building a semi-hollowbody guitar (with ...

he’s been building - or growing - clones. Attachment : TV clones.jpg 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 dis...

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 ...

Too tidy to be a workshop! Tidy your workshop with this one simple trick! Move all the stuff onto the other bench. Attachment : tidy workshop.jpg

Attachment : 74654923-9627-4E9E-94C2-E17B5FFA48F7.jpeg I reckon it’s time for some new pics. I’ve got a lot more wall to fill.

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 fortnig...

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 ...

More here: 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? Attachment ...

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 th...

I was playing a Bailey guitar though .... Not me, but maybe one day...

@darrenking I have also tried pressing a few sides with a single, thicker cross grain layer of mahogany in the centre as this is closer to the construction used in the originals. This works equally w...