Thanks for that. I've got the lemon oil from the original build and, to be honest with you, the body is still pretty pristine. yeah, gloss and nuther level for a lot later.

The finish on my first acoustic build is matt, as per the instructions. It's nothing like the shine on my Collings but I really like it. However, I wonder whether I should be thinking about looking af...

Hi and welcome from the Shed in the rain. I found that the making of all the necessary bits stoped me from jumping in at the deep end with both feet. I finished my first acoustic build recently and co...

Now it makes sense.... Bagpress, wood, guitars and some really neat clamps. It all fits together quite nicely. It looks interesting good luck

And a welcome from down south, in my shed in the rain.

No fears Mark, I'm with you all the way. It's my first guitar and I'm amazed that I managed to build something that actually plays. The "wanting to go into depth' comes from my love of learning and a ...

I seem to be here now This is something for the next build.

yes I do seem to recall a Forum discussion over this one..... If I really push down on the bottom E I can get an extra quarter-tone (12th fret) so I don't push down there! One forgets that one uses t...

Vacuum clamp...... now that's something I hadn't thought of. Was the pump a medical one? I tried various pumps for a record-cleaner project. That must be a serious bit of kit. Using cauls is one thin...

The location of the bridge took some time to achieve. I kept measuring, twice, then measuring again, then looked on the Internet, measured again, had copious mugs of tea, measured again, thought about...

I can't remember how long it took, but is was definitely longer than Mark. Now I had to make the bridge. Here I am becoming somewhat obsessive about getting it right. I have a few nice guitars and th...

Fretboard? Ive bought the fretboard already cut, so I really don't have to do that for myself. However, I failed to realise that I had to sand, shape and contour it..... by hand. OK so I have acquired...

At this point I am feeling quite pleased and sense that it's not going to be long now. Attachment : IMG_0755.jpg

The fretboard needs to be secure, so the big clamps get used. On one hand I have made clamps out of wood in order to protect the body, and then I use these beasts to glue the fretboard, They worked a ...

I get a feeling that Mark managed to cut his tyre in one continuous strip. I may be wrong, but that's the sort of wizardry of which he is capable. I used bostik and that seemed to work ok. Attachme...

This is when I felt it was getting serious Attachment : IMG_0722.jpg Attachment : IMG_0720.jpg Attachment : IMG_0717.jpg It's now beginnig to take shape. The next stage involved sou...

Maybe I should have cleared some space for myself to be able to move around. Attachment : IMG_0684.jpg

I think that this was the stage when I thought that I might actually be getting somewhere. All those bits of wood were beginning to take shape. Though I still felt that playing it was far off in in di...

Those are great clamps.... and I really wish I had seen those when looking for alternatives to the really expensive ones from Stewmac et al. I did a lot of reading about what other people were using a...

It became clear that, even though people laughed at my clamps, you do need a lot of clamps for some photographs. Attachment : GSDY7800.jpg Attachment : IMG_0603.jpg Attachment : IMG_06...